Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for John Means (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	John Means SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 847	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.70	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 430	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	John Means SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	6.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	John Means SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	24.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.70	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL	John Means SP - KC
News
	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brycen Mautz SP - STL			John Means SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for John Means (2026)

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