Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 95	# 84
VBR	# 392	# 259

Projections

Strikeouts	47	47
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.15
WHIP	1.42	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 82

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 87

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	# 49

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	# 165

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	# 111

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	# 102

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	19	16

Innings Pitched	100.2	94.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	8	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	83	95

Earned Runs	50	51

Home Runs Allowed	10	14

Strikeouts	90	84

Walks	56	30

ERA	4.47	4.85

WHIP	1.38	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	9	8

Innings Pitched	50.7	50.3

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	48

Earned Runs	25	23

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	47	47

Walks	22	15

ERA	4.39	4.15

WHIP	1.42	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
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	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Bubba Chandler will start Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT			Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Luis Castillo (2026)

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