Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Sears for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Sears SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 822	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.71	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 348	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Sears SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	5.89	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Sears SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	22.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.71	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Andrew Sears SP - DET
News
	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Pirates placed Wilber Dotel on the 15-day injured list with a right lat muscle strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT			Andrew Sears SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Sears for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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