Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 31	# 1148

Projections

Strikeouts	68	28
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.91	5.56
WHIP	1.10	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 139

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	19

Games Started	23	19

Innings Pitched	124.2	102.2

Wins	9	11

Losses	9	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	109	106

Earned Runs	57	53

Home Runs Allowed	13	21

Strikeouts	156	58

Walks	32	24

ERA	4.12	4.65

WHIP	1.13	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	57.2	45.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	56

Earned Runs	18	28

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	68	28

Walks	15	12

ERA	2.91	5.56

WHIP	1.10	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed one earned run on five hits while striking out two over 6 2/3 innings in Friday's 3-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Tomoyuki Sugano allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Rockies right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (back) has been activated from the 15-day injured list and will start on Saturday against the Reds. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Tomoyuki Sugano is expected to start on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Tomoyuki Sugano SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Tomoyuki Sugano (2026)

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