Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 288	‐
VBR	# 613	# 826

Projections

Strikeouts	10	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.12
WHIP	1.36	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 334	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	34.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	6.29	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.9	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	8

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	7

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.08	4.12

WHIP	1.36	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	The Pirates recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Pirates optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener for the White Sox on Friday against the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Brandon Eisert will open for the White Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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