Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Tyler Callihan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 309	# 1160

Projections

Runs	22	9
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	21	8
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.242	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 246

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	83

Runs	17	13

Hits	29	20

Singles	15	11

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	18	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	9

Strikeouts	26	30

Batting Average	.242	.241

On Base Pct	.308	.319

Slugging Pct	.417	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	74

Runs	22	9

Hits	43	17

Singles	27	11

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	54	23

Batting Average	.242	.227

On Base Pct	.309	.289

Slugging Pct	.391	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Braden Montgomery is expected to join the White Sox ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan has been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Kyle Nicolas. David Leisering Wed, Mar 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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