Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Joe Ryan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	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	# 15	# 214
VBR	# 89	# 390

Projections

Strikeouts	74	30
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	3.99
WHIP	1.14	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 106

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


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	21	9

Innings Pitched	114.1	83.2

Wins	6	6

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	102	85

Earned Runs	49	30

Home Runs Allowed	16	6

Strikeouts	131	66

Walks	25	28

ERA	3.86	3.23

WHIP	1.11	1.35

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


Games Played	12	25

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	66.2	35.8

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	57	35

Earned Runs	28	16

Home Runs Allowed	10	4

Strikeouts	74	30

Walks	16	12

ERA	3.75	3.99

WHIP	1.14	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Joe Ryan allowed eight earned runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three over four innings in Monday's 13-4 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. 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
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Ryan allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Joe Ryan allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Houston. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
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 Joe Ryan (2026)

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