Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Dylan Dodd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Dylan Dodd RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	# 247
VBR	# 987	# 503

Projections

Strikeouts	5	19
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.03
WHIP	1.35	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 273	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 205

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 123	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Dylan Dodd RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	31.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	5	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	7

Hits Allowed	42	15

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	37	34

Walks	21	9

ERA	6.05	1.99

WHIP	1.51	0.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Dylan Dodd RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	19.6

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	5	19

Earned Runs	2	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	5	19

Walks	2	6

ERA	4.26	4.03

WHIP	1.35	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Dylan Dodd RP - ATL
News
	The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Dylan Dodd (oblique) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 19th
	Dennis Santana recorded only two outs in the top of the ninth inning on Monday, but not before he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks in his second blown save of the year. The Cardinals won, 4-2. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th	Dylan Dodd will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday with Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Dennis Santana earned his second save of the season on Wednesday, pitching around a one-out hit batter, to help the Pirates to a 2-0 win over the Nationals. David Leisering Thu, Apr 16th	Dylan Dodd (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained oblique. Veteran Carlos Carrasco has been called up from Gwinnett to replace Dodd on the Braes' roster. David Leisering Wed, Apr 22nd
	Dennis Santana allowed a run on one hit and two walks in the bottom of the ninth for his first blown save of the season on Saturday. The Pirates won the game anyway, 4-3, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th	Dylan Dodd has been called back up from Triple-A Gwinnett. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Apr 21st
	Dennis Santana pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Friday as the Pirates blanked the Cubs, 2-0. David Leisering Fri, Apr 10th	Dylan Dodd has been optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett by the Atlanta Braves. Rolddy Munoz has been recalled to replace Dodd on the active roster. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Dylan Dodd RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

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Dennis Santana for Dylan Dodd (2026)

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