Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Ross for Isaac Mattson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Dylan Ross RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 391	‐
VBR	# 692	# 977

Projections

Strikeouts	12	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.32
WHIP	1.40	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 422	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 418	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Dylan Ross RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.93	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Dylan Ross RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	5

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.16	4.32

WHIP	1.40	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Dylan Ross RP - NYM
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Ross posted a 1.69 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, and 39:22 K:BB across 32 innings and 28 appearances at Triple-A in 2025 and is already on the 40-man roster. Syracuse placed him on the 7-day IL on March 27 with arm fatigue. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Ross advanced from High-A to Triple-A last season, compiling a 2.21 ERA and 1.11 WHIP across 53 innings during his rapid climb through New York's farm system. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Isaac Mattson has been sent to Triple-A Indianapolis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT			Dylan Ross RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Ross for Isaac Mattson (2026)

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