Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Sal Frelick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	# 197
VBR	# 587	# 471

Projections

Runs	12	11
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	10	9
Stolen Bases	3	5
Batting Average	.256	.276

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	# 187

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	# 218

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	# 201

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	# 141

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	276	289

Runs	33	39

Hits	65	89

Singles	47	74

Doubles	14	11

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	34	24

Stolen Bases	6	20

Caught Stealing	2	6

Walks	25	15

Strikeouts	31	55

Batting Average	.236	.308

On Base Pct	.301	.356

Slugging Pct	.330	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.630	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	98

Runs	12	11

Hits	24	27

Singles	18	21

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	10	9

Stolen Bases	3	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	5

Strikeouts	14	18

Batting Average	.256	.276

On Base Pct	.322	.318

Slugging Pct	.355	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Sal Frelick had a cortisone injection in his right shoulder last week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jake Mangum went 2-for-4 with a home run and stolen base in the Pirates 8-7 loss on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Sal Frelick will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jake Mangum is back in the Pirates lineup on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Sal Frelick remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jake Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Brewers placed OF Sal Frelick on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jake Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters that Sal Frelick could miss extended time. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL			Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Sal Frelick (2026)

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