Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lowe for Paul DeJong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Lowe 2B,DH - PIT	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	‐
VBR	# 125	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 109	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Lowe 2B,DH - PIT	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	528	‐

Runs	86	‐

Hits	137	‐

Singles	79	‐

Doubles	28	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	29	‐

RBI	83	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	55	‐

Strikeouts	171	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.328	‐

Slugging Pct	.481	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Lowe 2B,DH - PIT	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	60	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.459	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.781	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Lowe 2B,DH - PIT	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
News
	Brandon Lowe went 4-for-6 with a home run and three runs scored in the Pirates 13-12 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	The Tigers released SS Paul DeJong. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Brandon Lowe went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 4-3 win over the Tigers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Paul DeJong (hamstring) suffered a hamstring injury and will undergo season-ending surgery. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd
	Brandon Lowe went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 8-4 win over the Red Sox on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	The Tigers signed INF Paul DeJong to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Brandon Lowe went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 5-2 loss on Thursday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Anthony Volpe (shoulder) is expected to be activated from the injured list this week, leaving the Yankees with little room to promote DeJong without a corresponding roster move. DeJong has posted a .900 OPS with six home runs across 22 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
	Brandon Lowe went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 3-2 loss against the Reds on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Yankees reassigned SS Paul DeJong to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Brandon Lowe 2B,DH - PIT			Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#230
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#140
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
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 Lowe for Paul DeJong (2026)

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