Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 688	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.42	‐
WHIP	1.45	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 348	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.06	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.42	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	The Pirates optioned Wilber Dotel to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
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)	#6	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
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)	#50
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

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Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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