Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 219
VBR	# 564	# 325

Projections

Strikeouts	16	31
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	3.93
WHIP	1.34	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 223

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	25

Games Started	15	9

Innings Pitched	83.1	94.1

Wins	3	6

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	81	94

Earned Runs	46	34

Home Runs Allowed	18	7

Strikeouts	62	76

Walks	22	31

ERA	4.97	3.24

WHIP	1.24	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	18

Games Started	3	4

Innings Pitched	19.0	36.8

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	36

Earned Runs	9	16

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	16	31

Walks	5	13

ERA	4.45	3.93

WHIP	1.34	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	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
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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