Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 987	# 971

Projections

Strikeouts	5	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.64
WHIP	1.35	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 123	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	9

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	41.2	37.2

Wins	2	5

Losses	5	3

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	42	36

Earned Runs	28	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	37	30

Walks	21	11

ERA	6.05	3.82

WHIP	1.51	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	7

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.0	8.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	2	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	7

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.26	4.64

WHIP	1.35	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
News
	The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	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	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM

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Dennis Santana for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

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