Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Bubba Chandler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 95	‐
VBR	# 399	# 857

Projections

Strikeouts	46	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.69
WHIP	1.42	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	100.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	90	‐

Walks	56	‐

ERA	4.47	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	49.9	10.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	11

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	46	9

Walks	21	5

ERA	4.39	4.69

WHIP	1.42	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Bubba Chandler allowed two hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday in Game 2 against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Bubba Chandler will start Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Bubba Chandler allowed two runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Bubba Chandler allowed four runs on six hits over four innings with four walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Bubba Chandler allowed five runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Bubba Chandler (2026)

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