Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 280	‐
VBR	# 651	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	3.81
WHIP	1.41	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 330	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	6.68	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.6	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.22	3.81

WHIP	1.41	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
News
	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
	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener for the White Sox on Friday against the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	Brandon Eisert will open for the White Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener on Friday for the White Sox against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The White Sox recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Will Johnston (2026)

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