Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Evan Sisk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 192	# 283
VBR	# 987	# 531

Projections

Strikeouts	5	16
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	3.79
WHIP	1.35	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 123	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 273	# 277

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 276

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Evan Sisk RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	36.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	3

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	42	30

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	37	43

Walks	21	13

ERA	6.05	2.23

WHIP	1.51	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Evan Sisk RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	15.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	5	13

Earned Runs	2	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	16

Walks	2	6

ERA	4.26	3.79

WHIP	1.35	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Evan Sisk RP - PIT
News
	The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Evan Sisk began a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Evan Sisk is dealing with a posterior left elbow. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	The Pirates placed LHP Evan Sisk on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Pirates recalled LHP Evan Sisk from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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	Sisk posted a 3.57 ERA with a 25:10 K:BB across 17.2 major-league innings in 2025 and carried that into a solid spring, walking six but allowing just two runs on three hits while striking out seven over six innings. It wasn't enough to earn an Opening Day roster spot. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Evan Sisk RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#96	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Evan Sisk (2026)

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