Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 296
VBR	# 495	# 507

Projections

Strikeouts	21	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.18	3.90
WHIP	1.32	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 214

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 404

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	31.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	7

Hits Allowed	42	26

Earned Runs	28	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	37	32

Walks	21	17

ERA	6.05	4.26

WHIP	1.51	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	22.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	21	20

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	23

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.18	3.90

WHIP	1.32	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
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	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	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	Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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