Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Zach Pop (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Zach Pop RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 495	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	5
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.18	4.02
WHIP	1.32	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 195

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Zach Pop RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	7

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	41.2	7.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	42	5

Earned Runs	28	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	37	6

Walks	21	3

ERA	6.05	3.68

WHIP	1.51	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Zach Pop RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	5.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	21	6

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	5

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.18	4.02

WHIP	1.32	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Zach Pop RP - MIA
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	Phillies RHP Zach Pop elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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	The Phillies designated Zach Pop for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	Zach Pop began a rehab assignment in Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow 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	The Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Zach Pop RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#212
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Zach Pop (2026)

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