Who Should I Trade?

Dane Dunning for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 386	‐
VBR	# 919	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	3.75
WHIP	1.47	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	1.9	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	1

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.45	3.75

WHIP	1.47	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
News
	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Dane Dunning was placed on the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Veteran righthander Dane Dunning has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Dane Dunning will start the Mariners Cactus League opener on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Mariners signed Dane Dunning to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 22nd
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#374
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Dane Dunning for Nick Mears (2026)

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