Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Mitch Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	‐
VBR	# 962	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	25	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.29	4.53
WHIP	1.50	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	115.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	118	‐

Earned Runs	71	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	89	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	5.52	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	32.4	1.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	2

Earned Runs	19	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	25	1

Walks	11	0

ERA	5.29	4.53

WHIP	1.50	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Mitch Keller allowed seven runs on six hits over two innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Mitch Keller (2026)

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