Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Mitch Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	# 138
VBR	# 464	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.70	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	# 114

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	# 177

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 115

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 98	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	22

Games Started	25	22

Innings Pitched	143.2	115.2

Wins	8	6

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	132	118

Earned Runs	63	71

Home Runs Allowed	22	15

Strikeouts	118	89

Walks	46	42

ERA	3.95	5.52

WHIP	1.24	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	27.4	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.70	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
News
	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	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Mitch Keller allowed seven runs on six hits over two innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Mitch Keller SP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Mitch Keller (2026)

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