Who Should I Trade?

Blake Walston for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Blake Walston RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 250	‐
VBR	# 322	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.51	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	46.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.72	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.51	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Blake Walston RP - ARI
News
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Diamondbacks placed LHP Blake Walston on the 60-day injured list following UCL surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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
	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Blake Walston RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Walston for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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