Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Eric Orze (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	# 362
VBR	# 512	# 735

Projections

Strikeouts	20	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.27	4.31
WHIP	1.34	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 336

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	41.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	5	2

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	4

Holds	5	7

Hits Allowed	42	42

Earned Runs	28	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	37	36

Walks	21	21

ERA	6.05	5.66

WHIP	1.51	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	13.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	20	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	12

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.27	4.31

WHIP	1.34	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
News
	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	Eric Orze struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Apr 10th
	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	Orze posted a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB across 41.2 innings in 33 appearances with Tampa Bay last season before being traded to Minnesota this offseason. He's struggled with his control this spring, allowing five runs over 6.2 innings with an 8:6 K:BB and a 6.75 ERA. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	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
	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
	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
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Eric Orze RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Eric Orze (2026)

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