Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	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	# 137	# 214
VBR	# 307	# 418

Projections

Strikeouts	49	28
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	4.03
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 106

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	8	9

Innings Pitched	85.2	86.1

Wins	2	6

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	89	88

Earned Runs	46	33

Home Runs Allowed	12	7

Strikeouts	84	69

Walks	28	30

ERA	4.83	3.44

WHIP	1.37	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	23

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	49.5	32.9

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	47	32

Earned Runs	25	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	49	28

Walks	16	11

ERA	4.45	4.03

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
News
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates placed Carmen Mlodzinski on the restricted list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Sean Manaea (2026)

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