Who Should I Trade?

Tony Santillan for Daniel Palencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Tony Santillan RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 78	# 334
VBR	# 314	# 691

Projections

Strikeouts	18	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	1
ERA	3.63	4.60
WHIP	1.28	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 285

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 366

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Tony Santillan RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	31.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	4

Saves	3	5

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	17	29

Earned Runs	5	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	19	28

Walks	6	14

ERA	2.70	5.23

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Tony Santillan RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.4	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	14	17

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	18	18

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.63	4.60

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Tony Santillan RP - CIN
News
	Daniel Palencia is on track to begin a rehab assignment the week of August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Tony Santillan is scheduled to have additional imaging on his oblique on July 31. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Daniel Palencia could be cleared to throw live batting practice soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Tony Santillan is trending towards resuming throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Tony Santillan received a PRP injection on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Tony Santillan will "be out a while." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Reds placed RHP Tony Santillan on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Tony Santillan RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Tony Santillan for Daniel Palencia (2026)

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