Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Jake Bennett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 214
VBR	# 359	# 392

Projections

Strikeouts	34	34
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.01
WHIP	1.35	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 195

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	53.2	80.2

Wins	5	6

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	38	83

Earned Runs	14	30

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	38	64

Walks	9	28

ERA	2.35	3.35

WHIP	0.88	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	27

Games Started	9	3

Innings Pitched	45.2	40.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	46	40

Earned Runs	22	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	34	34

Walks	13	14

ERA	4.29	4.01

WHIP	1.35	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Jake Bennett earned the win Saturday against the Yankees after allowing one run on three hits and two walks over 6.1 innings. He struck out three while throwing 59 of his 87 pitches for strikes in Boston’s 4-1 victory. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to be available for the Pirates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Jake Bennett (2026)

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