Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 251
VBR	# 179	# 355

Projections

Strikeouts	28	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	3
ERA	3.11	3.59
WHIP	1.22	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 119

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	44

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	34.2	43.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	25	2

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	0	9

Hits Allowed	26	33

Earned Runs	7	19

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	45	66

Walks	17	20

ERA	1.82	3.95

WHIP	1.24	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.3	21.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	15	18

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	25

Walks	10	9

ERA	3.11	3.59

WHIP	1.22	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out three batters while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the opener on Sunday during the Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Braves. David Leisering Sun, Jun 7th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the Pirates' opener on Thursday, allowing one hit while striking out three. David Leisering Fri, May 15th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ DET
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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