Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for Mitch Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 244
VBR	‐	# 489

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	23
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.55
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 234

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 219

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	22	13

Innings Pitched	115.2	74.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	89

Earned Runs	71	39

Home Runs Allowed	15	8

Strikeouts	89	51

Walks	42	26

ERA	5.52	4.74

WHIP	1.38	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	5

Innings Pitched	‐	28.9

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	30

Earned Runs	‐	15

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	23

Walks	‐	10

ERA	‐	4.55

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
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	Chris Bassitt allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out five over 6.2 innings in Tuesday's win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Chris Bassitt allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over 5.2 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 20th
	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	Chris Bassitt allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.1 innings in Friday's win over the Rays. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 15th
	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	The Orioles activated Chris Bassitt from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Chris Bassitt threw six scoreless innings in his latest rehab start on Friday for Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#165	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for Mitch Keller (2026)

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