Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Ron Marinaccio (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 377	‐
VBR	# 808	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.58
WHIP	1.44	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 363	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 374	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	47.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.79	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.4	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	14	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.61	4.58

WHIP	1.44	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	The Pirates acquired RHP Ron Marinaccio from the Padres for international signing pool money. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Padres designated Ron Marinaccio for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	Ron Marinaccio will be available out of the bullpen for the Padres on Saturday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Ron Marinaccio’s suspension was reduced to two games. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	The MLB has suspended Ron Marinaccio three games. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Ron Marinaccio (2026)

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