Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Keider Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	# 269
VBR	# 480	# 607

Projections

Strikeouts	29	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.61
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 321	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	17

Games Started	16	15

Innings Pitched	106.0	77.0

Wins	7	5

Losses	5	7

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	103

Earned Runs	37	48

Home Runs Allowed	10	17

Strikeouts	78	60

Walks	22	25

ERA	3.14	5.61

WHIP	0.95	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	36.8	24.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	37	24

Earned Runs	19	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	29	21

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.57	4.61

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed one earned run across 5 1/3 innings while earning the win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 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
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#411	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Keider Montero (2026)

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