Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 392	‐
VBR	# 692	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.19
WHIP	1.40	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 421	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 418	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
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	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	2.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	2

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	12	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.16	4.19

WHIP	1.40	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Isaac Mattson to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

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