Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Casey Mize (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 68	# 131
VBR	# 241	# 464

Projections

Strikeouts	25	22
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.70
WHIP	1.27	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 92	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 219

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 51	# 85

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	# 98

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	# 116

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	25

Games Started	20	25

Innings Pitched	104.2	143.2

Wins	5	8

Losses	7	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	132

Earned Runs	40	63

Home Runs Allowed	10	22

Strikeouts	95	118

Walks	26	46

ERA	3.44	3.95

WHIP	1.09	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	27.1	27.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	28

Earned Runs	12	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	25	22

Walks	7	9

ERA	3.99	4.70

WHIP	1.27	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Casey Mize will start against the Rays on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Bryce Elder gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 26th
	Casey Mize will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Bryce Elder gave up just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 5-3 win against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th
	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	Bryce Elder allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Bryce Elder gave up one run on just one hit and two walks while striking out three across seven innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th
	Casey Mize allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Bryce Elder allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Mize SP - SD			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Casey Mize (2026)

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