Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 118	# 191
VBR	# 332	# 495

Projections

Strikeouts	28	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	2	2
ERA	3.46	4.18
WHIP	1.23	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	# 132

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	# 426

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	# 124

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.1	41.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	6	5

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	4	2

Holds	11	5

Hits Allowed	44	42

Earned Runs	21	28

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	66	37

Walks	16	21

ERA	4.46	6.05

WHIP	1.42	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.5	22.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	5

Hits Allowed	18	21

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	28	21

Walks	8	9

ERA	3.46	4.18

WHIP	1.23	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	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
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	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
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow 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
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th	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
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th	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
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR			Dennis Santana RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

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