Who Should I Trade?

Justin Dean for Tyler Callihan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1158	# 1330

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.227	.202

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 246	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	83	6

Runs	13	3

Hits	20	2

Singles	11	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	15	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	30	3

Batting Average	.241	.333

On Base Pct	.319	.500

Slugging Pct	.446	.667

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	1.167

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	74	16

Runs	9	2

Hits	17	3

Singles	11	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	23	5

Batting Average	.227	.202

On Base Pct	.290	.272

Slugging Pct	.369	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.575

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	Left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan has been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Kyle Nicolas. David Leisering Wed, Mar 4th	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Dean for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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