Who Should I Trade?

Evan Sisk for Joel Payamps (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 538	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	4.24
WHIP	1.38	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 276	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.1	7.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	30	9

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	43	9

Walks	13	4

ERA	2.23	9.39

WHIP	1.18	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	9.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	13	9

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.73	4.24

WHIP	1.38	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	Evan Sisk began a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Evan Sisk is dealing with a posterior left elbow. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Pirates placed LHP Evan Sisk on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Pirates recalled LHP Evan Sisk from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Sisk posted a 3.57 ERA with a 25:10 K:BB across 17.2 major-league innings in 2025 and carried that into a solid spring, walking six but allowing just two runs on three hits while striking out seven over six innings. It wasn't enough to earn an Opening Day roster spot. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Evan Sisk RP - PIT			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Evan Sisk for Joel Payamps (2026)

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