Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Tim Mayza (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI	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	# 273	‐
VBR	# 502	# 1033

Projections

Strikeouts	15	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	4.73
WHIP	1.35	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 318	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 216	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	10

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	48.2	20.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	43	19

Earned Runs	21	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	48	15

Walks	12	16

ERA	3.88	4.43

WHIP	1.13	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.7	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	3.90	4.73

WHIP	1.35	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Tim Mayza will serve as the opener for the Phillies on Saturday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Tim Mayza will serve as the opener for the Phillies on Monday night against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Tim Mayza will start Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader for the Phillies against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Phillies signed LHP Tim Mayza to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Tim Mayza is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies on a minor league contract. The veteran lefthander will receive an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Thu, Jan 22nd	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Tim Mayza (2026)

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