Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Casey Mize (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 68	# 273
VBR	# 241	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.24
WHIP	1.27	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 92	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 63	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 51	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	25

Games Started	20	15

Innings Pitched	104.2	94.2

Wins	5	6

Losses	7	7

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	115

Earned Runs	40	50

Home Runs Allowed	10	17

Strikeouts	95	76

Walks	26	28

ERA	3.44	4.75

WHIP	1.09	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	10.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	10

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	7	3

ERA	3.99	4.24

WHIP	1.27	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
News
	Casey Mize will start against the Rays on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Casey Mize will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th
	Casey Mize exited Saturday’s contest between the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins due to a right ankle sprain according to Sammy Levitt. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Casey Mize allowed three hits over six scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Casey Mize allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Mize SP - SD			Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Casey Mize (2026)

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