Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Drew Rasmussen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 218
VBR	# 126	# 394

Projections

Strikeouts	53	27
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.57	4.03
WHIP	1.16	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 20	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 219

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 33	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	24

Games Started	20	9

Innings Pitched	111.1	91.1

Wins	9	6

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	84	93

Earned Runs	38	34

Home Runs Allowed	12	7

Strikeouts	112	72

Walks	19	30

ERA	3.07	3.35

WHIP	0.93	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	54.6	32.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	48	32

Earned Runs	22	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	53	27

Walks	13	11

ERA	3.57	4.03

WHIP	1.16	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out nine across seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Drew Rasmussen (2026)

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