Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	# 341
VBR	# 281	# 736

Projections

Strikeouts	45	7
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.27
WHIP	1.32	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 340

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	35

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	35.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	94	38

Earned Runs	48	19

Home Runs Allowed	13	6

Strikeouts	88	22

Walks	30	12

ERA	4.71	4.84

WHIP	1.35	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.8	9.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	10

Earned Runs	23	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	45	7

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.46	4.27

WHIP	1.32	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
News
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Joel Kuhnel was sent on a rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs STL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Sean Manaea (2026)

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