Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Ryan Yarbrough (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 305	‐
VBR	# 691	# 1077

Projections

Strikeouts	16	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.92
WHIP	1.35	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 223	# 479

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


Games Played	25	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	39.2	16.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	31	18

Earned Runs	17	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	28	13

Walks	16	14

ERA	3.86	5.40

WHIP	1.18	1.92

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


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.5	9.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	9

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	16	8

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.47	4.92

WHIP	1.35	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Ryan Yarbrough will start for Team USA in Wednesday's exhibition game against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
		The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
		The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
		The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
		The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Yarbrough SP,RP - NYY			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Ryan Yarbrough (2026)

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