Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Karson Milbrandt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 917	# 847

Projections

Strikeouts	17	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.10	4.59
WHIP	1.49	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

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ERA	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	19.5	10.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	9

Walks	9	5

ERA	5.10	4.59

WHIP	1.49	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
News
	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	The Marlins are promoting RHP prospect Karson Milbrandt to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caden Dana SP - LAA			Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

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Caden Dana for Karson Milbrandt (2026)

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