Who Should I Trade?

John Means for Mitch Bratt (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	John Means SP - KC	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 567

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	19
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.30
WHIP	‐	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John Means SP - KC	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	10.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	5.06

WHIP	‐	1.78

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John Means SP - KC	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	21.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	22

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	19

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.30

WHIP	‐	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John Means SP - KC	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
News
	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th	Mitch Bratt allowed two runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
		Mitch Bratt allowed three runs on three hits over three innings with three walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
		The Diamondbacks recalled RHP Mitch Bratt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
		Mitch Bratt is expected to be called up to start on Sunday for the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
		Mitch Bratt was sent back to Triple-A on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John Means SP - KC			Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

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