Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	# 191
VBR	# 197	# 306

Projections

Strikeouts	13	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	6	1
ERA	3.61	3.25
WHIP	1.18	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	# 73

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 92

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	54	55

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	52.0	53.2

Wins	1	5

Losses	2	3

Saves	38	6

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	2	9

Hits Allowed	30	37

Earned Runs	9	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	58	87

Walks	16	22

ERA	1.56	3.19

WHIP	0.88	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.6	10.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	13

Walks	4	4

ERA	3.61	3.25

WHIP	1.18	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
News
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and hit one batter while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 24th	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one batter in Wednesday’s 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, recording his 36th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Mason Montgomery threw a clean inning in a save on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Bryan Baker allowed no runs on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, picking up his 34th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Friday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Bryan Baker allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out three in the ninth inning of Friday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners, earning his 33rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox to record his 31st save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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