Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 391
VBR	# 312	# 743

Projections

Strikeouts	16	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	0
ERA	3.66	4.40
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 116	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	34.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	17	38

Earned Runs	5	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	19	33

Walks	6	16

ERA	2.70	4.93

WHIP	1.38	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.7	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	11

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.66	4.40

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
News
	Daniel Palencia will pitch for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Daniel Palencia is on track to begin a rehab assignment the week of August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Daniel Palencia could be cleared to throw live batting practice soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Isaac Mattson (2026)

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