Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Emerson Hancock (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 56	# 191
VBR	# 338	# 495

Projections

Strikeouts	47	21
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	4.37	4.18
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 124

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	# 132

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 426

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	44

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	99.1	41.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	4	5

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	75	42

Earned Runs	35	28

Home Runs Allowed	12	8

Strikeouts	94	37

Walks	25	21

ERA	3.17	6.05

WHIP	1.01	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	26

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.9	22.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	51	21

Earned Runs	26	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	47	21

Walks	17	9

ERA	4.37	4.18

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
News
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday's series finale against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Emerson Hancock had X-rays return negative on his finger injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Emerson Hancock was removed from Sunday's start early against the Rays with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Emerson Hancock allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Emerson Hancock will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Dennis Santana pitched a perfect top of the ninth - with one strikeout - preserving a 2-2 tie. The Pirates went on to walk-off the Orioles with a run in the bottom half to give Santana his second victory of the year. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Dennis Santana RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Emerson Hancock (2026)

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