Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Brandon Eisert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 292	‐
VBR	# 690	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.22	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 341	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	38.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	5.63	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.22	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	The Pirates recalled LHP Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Pirates optioned Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	The Pirates recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	The Pirates optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#269
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#177
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#385
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#274	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#221	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#295
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#234
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Brandon Eisert (2026)

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