Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	# 214
VBR	# 384	# 394

Projections

Strikeouts	19	29
Wins	1	2
Saves	6	0
ERA	4.12	4.00
WHIP	1.40	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	22

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	40.1	86.1

Wins	2	6

Losses	6	3

Saves	8	2

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	36	88

Earned Runs	21	33

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	48	69

Walks	18	30

ERA	4.69	3.44

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	24

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	20.9	34.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	20	33

Earned Runs	10	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	19	29

Walks	8	12

ERA	4.12	4.00

WHIP	1.40	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Carmen Mlodzinski pitched the final four innings on Thursday and allowed one run on four hits while striking out three to preserve a 5-1 Pirates' victory over Houston. David Leisering Fri, Jun 5th
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Carmen Mlodzinski was reinstated from the restricted list by the Pirates on Monday after he was placed on the list the day before. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to be available for the Pirates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Carmen Mlodzinski (2026)

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