Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Jesus Sanchez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 196	# 274
VBR	# 303	# 311

Projections

Runs	16	18
Home Runs	1	5
RBI	12	18
Stolen Bases	7	2
Batting Average	.280	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 268

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	215

Runs	35	22

Hits	77	59

Singles	64	38

Doubles	10	14

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	7

RBI	22	29

Stolen Bases	19	1

Caught Stealing	6	1

Walks	14	10

Strikeouts	47	52

Batting Average	.306	.274

On Base Pct	.355	.316

Slugging Pct	.377	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	132

Runs	16	18

Hits	37	33

Singles	29	21

Doubles	7	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	12	18

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	12

Strikeouts	25	34

Batting Average	.280	.248

On Base Pct	.321	.313

Slugging Pct	.371	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
News
	Jake Mangum is back in the Pirates lineup on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Jesus Sanchez will begin a rehab assignment for Low-A Dunedin on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Jake Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jesus Sanchez could begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Jake Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Jesus Sanchez is scheduled to hit against live pitching on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jesus Sanchez resumed running and hitting on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	The Blue Jays placed Jesus Sanchez on the 10-day injured list with a right ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT			Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Jesus Sanchez (2026)

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