Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Eduardo Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	‐
VBR	# 396	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	6.87
WHIP	1.36	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	88.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	34	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	30	‐

ERA	3.46	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	33.1	0.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	32	1

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	28	1

Walks	11	1

ERA	3.96	6.87

WHIP	1.36	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Eduardo Salazar has agreed to a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The righthander will presumably head to major league spring training as part of the agreement. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	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
	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
	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to be available for the Pirates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Eduardo Salazar (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation