Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	# 190
VBR	# 522	# 987

Projections

Strikeouts	11	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.44	4.26
WHIP	1.24	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	DFA

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	# 132

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 426

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	# 124

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	41.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	4	5

Saves	8	2

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	13	42

Earned Runs	7	28

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	21	37

Walks	9	21

ERA	4.11	6.05

WHIP	1.43	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.3	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	8	5

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	5

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.44	4.26

WHIP	1.24	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Dennis Santana RP - PIT
News
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow 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
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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 Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Dennis Santana RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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