Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 95	# 164
VBR	# 392	# 413

Projections

Strikeouts	48	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.45
WHIP	1.42	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	# 195

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	# 192

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	# 186

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 149

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	19	15

Innings Pitched	100.2	80.0

Wins	3	3

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	80

Earned Runs	50	48

Home Runs Allowed	10	14

Strikeouts	90	83

Walks	56	35

ERA	4.47	5.40

WHIP	1.38	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	7

Games Started	9	7

Innings Pitched	52.5	37.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	34

Earned Runs	26	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	48	36

Walks	23	15

ERA	4.39	4.45

WHIP	1.42	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
News
	Bubba Chandler allowed two hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday in Game 2 against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Bubba Chandler will start Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Bubba Chandler allowed two runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Bubba Chandler allowed four runs on six hits over four innings with four walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Bubba Chandler allowed five runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Leiter has a 4.69 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and 76:31 K:BB across 71 innings over 13 starts this season. He had won back-to-back starts entering Saturday, including a 10-strikeout performance over 5.2 scoreless innings his previous outing, before three scoreless frames against Cleveland gave way to a Jose Ramirez solo homer in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT			Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Jack Leiter (2026)

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