Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 394	# 709

Projections

Strikeouts	29	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.45
WHIP	1.36	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	# 294

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


Games Played	22	33

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	86.1	52.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	88	49

Earned Runs	33	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	69	42

Walks	30	19

ERA	3.44	4.44

WHIP	1.37	1.29

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


Games Played	24	21

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	17.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	33	17

Earned Runs	15	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	29	15

Walks	12	6

ERA	4.00	4.45

WHIP	1.36	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#200
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Ryan Watson (2026)

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