Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 191	# 391
VBR	# 495	# 714

Projections

Strikeouts	21	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.18	4.28
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	32.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	5	8

Hits Allowed	42	31

Earned Runs	28	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	37	29

Walks	21	14

ERA	6.05	4.13

WHIP	1.51	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	20.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	21	19

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	19

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.18	4.28

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
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	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
	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	Isaac Mattson pitched a perfect eighth inning on Sunday, including a strikeout, for his fifth hold of the season as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 6-3. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Isaac Mattson RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ MIL
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

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