Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Tyler Callihan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	‐
VBR	# 367	# 1250

Projections

Runs	16	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.263	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 255	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	# 246

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	84	95

Runs	9	13

Hits	23	20

Singles	15	11

Doubles	4	4

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	8	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	9

Strikeouts	15	38

Batting Average	.274	.211

On Base Pct	.386	.283

Slugging Pct	.452	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	.673

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	119	24

Runs	16	3

Hits	31	5

Singles	22	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	20	7

Batting Average	.263	.216

On Base Pct	.343	.272

Slugging Pct	.395	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.616

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Brendan Donovan is hopeful to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Pirates optioned OF Tyler Callihan to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Brendan Donovan has moved his rehab to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Brendan Donovan is scheduled to resume his rehab assignment in High-A Everett on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th
	Brendan Donovan is starting at second base in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Brendan Donovan went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA			Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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