Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Casey Mize (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 68	# 122
VBR	# 220	# 323

Projections

Strikeouts	24	22
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.55
WHIP	1.27	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	# 114

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 92	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 63	# 64

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 97

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 51	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	24

Games Started	21	14

Innings Pitched	109.2	105.0

Wins	5	7

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	94	94

Earned Runs	42	43

Home Runs Allowed	11	12

Strikeouts	96	72

Walks	27	26

ERA	3.45	3.69

WHIP	1.10	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	26.7	27.9

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	29

Earned Runs	12	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	24	22

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.00	4.55

WHIP	1.27	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
News
	Casey Mize allowed seven runs (two earned) on six hits over five innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Casey Mize will start against the Rays on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed five runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings with eight strikeouts in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Casey Mize will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in a win on Friday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Casey Mize exited Saturday’s contest between the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins due to a right ankle sprain according to Sammy Levitt. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Casey Mize allowed three hits over six scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one (unearned) run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Mize SP - SD			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Casey Mize (2026)

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