Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Joe Mantiply (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 496	# 941

Projections

Strikeouts	22	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.16	4.20
WHIP	1.32	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 435

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	17.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	41	16

Earned Runs	28	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	37	16

Walks	21	4

ERA	6.20	2.04

WHIP	1.52	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.1	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	7

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	5

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.16	4.20

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
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	Joe Mantiply is going to have arthroscopic surgery to clean up some damage. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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	Joe Mantiply has been cleared to resume throwing this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Blue Jays placed Joe Mantiply on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 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	The Blue Jays selected the contract of Joe Mantiply. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	Joe Mantiply has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Toronto Blue Jays. David Leisering Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Joe Mantiply RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
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 Joe Mantiply (2026)

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