Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Nathan Eovaldi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	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	# 29	# 169
VBR	# 116	# 298

Projections

Strikeouts	68	57
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.67	4.61
WHIP	1.18	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	# 118

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 45	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 99

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 25	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	18	7

Innings Pitched	111.1	59.0

Wins	9	4

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	105	59

Earned Runs	50	32

Home Runs Allowed	19	8

Strikeouts	120	44

Walks	26	18

ERA	4.04	4.88

WHIP	1.18	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	69.3	67.8

Wins	5	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	71

Earned Runs	28	35

Home Runs Allowed	9	10

Strikeouts	68	57

Walks	17	17

ERA	3.67	4.61

WHIP	1.18	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
News
	Nathan Eovaldi is feeling under the weather coming out of the All-Star break, but he could start Sunday against the Braves. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Thursday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on six hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out nine and generated 18 swinging strikes. Eovaldi opened with four scoreless frames before surrendering two home runs in the fifth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Sunday against the Padres, allowing three runs on seven hits over six innings. He struck out a season-high nine batters. Eovaldi had his start pushed back by one day due to knee soreness and allowed all three runs in the fourth inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Nathan Eovaldi will start on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Diamondbacks recalled Brandon Pfaadt from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Nathan Eovaldi (2026)

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