Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Zach Pop (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1092

Projections

Strikeouts	5	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	5.00
WHIP	1.59	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 195	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	7.1	16.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	18

Earned Runs	3	10

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	6	13

Walks	3	14

ERA	3.68	5.40

WHIP	1.09	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.7	10.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	6	10

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	5	9

Walks	2	5

ERA	3.98	5.00

WHIP	1.59	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Phillies RHP Zach Pop elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Phillies designated Zach Pop for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Zach Pop began a rehab assignment in Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	The Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Pop RP - MIA			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Zach Pop (2026)

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