Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Mike Clevinger (2026)

Summary
Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 290	‐
VBR	# 544	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.84	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 337	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	36.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	6.00	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.84	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Mike Clevinger RP - FA
News
	The Pirates recalled LHP Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Mike Clevinger suffered a knee injury at Triple-A Indianapolis and will miss “roughly” six weeks. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Pirates optioned Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Clevinger has been pitching in relief at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, allowing five runs with a 9:5 K:BB across 8.2 innings. He is on the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, leaving his return timeline unclear. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
	The Pirates recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	The Pirates optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Clevinger signed a non-roster contract with Pittsburgh in February. His first spring outing came on Feb. 25, when his fastball reached 97 mph. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	The Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox for the 34th pick in tomorrow's draft and left-handed reliever Jaden Woods. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT			Mike Clevinger RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#166
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#290
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#220
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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