Who Should I Trade?

Jhoan Duran for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jhoan Duran RP - PHI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 18	# 251
VBR	# 149	# 347

Projections

Strikeouts	26	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	10	3
ERA	2.74	3.58
WHIP	1.14	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 16	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 18	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 26	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 11	# 119

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jhoan Duran RP - PHI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	46

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	35.1	45.0

Wins	1	4

Losses	4	3

Saves	24	2

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	0	9

Hits Allowed	30	33

Earned Runs	8	19

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	53	69

Walks	6	21

ERA	2.04	3.80

WHIP	1.02	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jhoan Duran RP - PHI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	20.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	17	17

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	26	23

Walks	6	8

ERA	2.74	3.58

WHIP	1.14	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jhoan Duran RP - PHI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
News
	Jhoan Duran retired all three batters he faced during the ninth inning to pick up a save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Jhoan Duran gave up a single and hit a batter but also struck out two during a scoreless ninth inning to earn a save in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Jhoan Duran struck out the side around one hit during a scoreless ninth inning to pick up a save in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the opener on Sunday during the Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Braves. David Leisering Sun, Jun 7th
	Jhoan Duran allowed no hits and one walk during a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Jhoan Duran allowed zero runs on one hit and no walks while striking out one during a scoreless ninth inning in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	Mason Montgomery pitched a scoreless first inning as the Pirates' opener on Thursday, allowing one hit while striking out three. David Leisering Fri, May 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jhoan Duran RP - PHI			Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#356	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jhoan Duran for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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