Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 378	# 572

Projections

Strikeouts	13	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	3.96
WHIP	1.40	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 193	# 208

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	27

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	113.0	23.1

Wins	7	1

Losses	6	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	4	9

Hits Allowed	120	27

Earned Runs	50	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	89	26

Walks	37	15

ERA	3.98	5.79

WHIP	1.39	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.9	6.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	16	6

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.11	3.96

WHIP	1.40	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed one (unearned) run on one hit over 3 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed three runs on five hits over three innings with four steps on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on eight hits over three innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on five hits over 2 1/3 innings with one strikeout and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed five runs on seven hits over three innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#394
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#393
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#230	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#140	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

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