Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 325
VBR	# 306	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	58	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.61
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 404

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 261

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	41

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	79.2	48.1

Wins	2	6

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	83	29

Earned Runs	45	17

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	81	26

Walks	26	22

ERA	5.08	3.17

WHIP	1.37	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	25

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	58.3	22.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	55	23

Earned Runs	29	11

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	58	17

Walks	19	8

ERA	4.48	4.61

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
News
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Phillies, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five while throwing 63 of his 95 pitches for strikes and generating 16 whiffs. Philadelphia scored in the first, third, and fourth innings, with the final run coming home after a throwing error by AJ Ewing. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Sean Manaea (2026)

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