Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1086	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.07	‐
WHIP	1.55	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 91

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	5.07	‐

WHIP	1.55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
News
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs DET	Ty Madden	#254
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

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