Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Michael Arias (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 190	‐
VBR	# 512	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.25	6.08
WHIP	1.34	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	41.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	6.05	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Michael Arias RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	0.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	20	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.25	6.08

WHIP	1.34	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Michael Arias RP - NYY
News
	The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Michael Arias to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	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
	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
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Michael Arias RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Michael Arias (2026)

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