Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Will Vest (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 190	# 195
VBR	# 512	# 796

Projections

Strikeouts	20	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	1
ERA	4.25	3.34
WHIP	1.34	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 176

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 400

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	# 188

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 184

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Will Vest RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	26.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	5	5

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	2	5

Holds	5	7

Hits Allowed	42	28

Earned Runs	28	18

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	37	27

Walks	21	10

ERA	6.05	6.08

WHIP	1.51	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Will Vest RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	7.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	20	7

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	20	8

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.25	3.34

WHIP	1.34	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Will Vest RP - DET
News
	The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Tigers transferred RHP Will Vest to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Tigers’ manager A.J. Hinch told reporters on Friday that right-hander Will Vest has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Tigers right-hander Will Vest (elbow) is scheduled to undergo further medical evaluation this week. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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 Tigers placed Will Vest on the 15-day injured list with posterior right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	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	Tigers right-hander Will Vest pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save over the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 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			Will Vest RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#411
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Will Vest (2026)

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