Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Will Childers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 391	‐
VBR	# 695	# 1027

Projections

Strikeouts	19	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	5.19
WHIP	1.41	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 422	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 418	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.13	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Will Childers RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.5	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Walks	10	1

ERA	4.28	5.19

WHIP	1.41	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Mattson RP - PIT	Will Childers RP - MIL
News
	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
	Isaac Mattson pitched a perfect eighth inning on Sunday, including a strikeout, for his fifth hold of the season as the Pirates defeated the Rays, 6-3. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
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			Will Childers RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Isaac Mattson for Will Childers (2026)

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