Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Jacob Misiorowski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	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	# 2	# 214
VBR	# 64	# 392

Projections

Strikeouts	93	34
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.11	4.01
WHIP	1.17	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 2	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 2	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	# 195

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 4	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	18	9

Innings Pitched	111.0	80.2

Wins	10	6

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	57	83

Earned Runs	20	30

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	167	64

Walks	27	28

ERA	1.62	3.35

WHIP	0.76	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	27

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	67.3	40.6

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	48	40

Earned Runs	23	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	93	34

Walks	26	14

ERA	3.11	4.01

WHIP	1.17	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Jacob Misiorowski will start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Jacob Misiorowski is expected to return early next week for the series against the Mets. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Jacob Misiorowski and the Brewers have reportedly not began any extension talks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Jacob Misiorowski will likely begin throwing again Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Jacob Misiorowski allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out 11 over seven innings in Monday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Jacob Misiorowski SP - MIL			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Jacob Misiorowski (2026)

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