Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 288	‐
VBR	# 623	# 813

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	3.35
WHIP	1.35	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 334	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
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	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.0	6.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	6

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.13	3.35

WHIP	1.35	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
News
	The Pirates optioned Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Spencer Schwellenbach is optimistic that he’ll be ready to make his season debut in September. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Pirates recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Spencer Schwellenbach is with the Braves throwing bullpens. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Pirates optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Spencer Schwellenbach has been cleared to throw bullpen sessions. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Braves manager Walt Weiss did not have an update on the status of Spencer Schwellenbach. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener for the White Sox on Friday against the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	Spencer Schwellenbach could return to the Braves starting rotation in late August or early September. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
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			Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

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