Who Should I Trade?

Chas McCormick for Jake Mangum (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Chas McCormick LF,CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 196	‐
VBR	# 356	‐

Projections

Runs	15	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.277	.206

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Chas McCormick LF,CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	257	‐

Runs	35	‐

Hits	79	‐

Singles	66	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	19	‐

Caught Stealing	6	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.307	‐

On Base Pct	.356	‐

Slugging Pct	.377	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Chas McCormick LF,CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	17

Runs	15	3

Hits	36	4

Singles	28	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	24	5

Batting Average	.277	.206

On Base Pct	.318	.270

Slugging Pct	.362	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Chas McCormick LF,CF,RF - CHC
News
	Jake Mangum is back in the Pirates lineup on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Cubs signed Chas McCormick to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Jake Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Chas McCormick has signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs. The contract includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Thu, Jan 22nd
	Jake Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT			Chas McCormick LF,CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chas McCormick for Jake Mangum (2026)

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