Who Should I Trade?

Eric Orze for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 363
VBR	# 288	# 807

Projections

Strikeouts	11	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.41	4.41
WHIP	1.29	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	# 343

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 409

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	36

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	56.2	41.1

Wins	6	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	7	1

Blown Saves	2	4

Holds	9	7

Hits Allowed	39	42

Earned Runs	19	26

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	89	36

Walks	22	21

ERA	3.02	5.66

WHIP	1.08	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.8	4.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	4

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.41	4.41

WHIP	1.29	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Eric Orze RP - MIN
News
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Eric Orze struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Fri, Apr 10th
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Orze posted a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB across 41.2 innings in 33 appearances with Tampa Bay last season before being traded to Minnesota this offseason. He's struggled with his control this spring, allowing five runs over 6.2 innings with an 8:6 K:BB and a 6.75 ERA. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Mason Montgomery threw a clean inning in a save on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Friday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Eric Orze RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#243	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Orze for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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