Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	‐
VBR	# 270	# 1085

Projections

Strikeouts	49	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.89
WHIP	1.29	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	94.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	95	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Walks	30	‐

ERA	4.85	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	8.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	8

Earned Runs	24	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	49	7

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.19	4.89

WHIP	1.29	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Luis Castillo (2026)

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