Who Should I Trade?

Kaleb Ort for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kaleb Ort RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 307	‐
VBR	# 386	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.66	4.17
WHIP	1.32	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kaleb Ort RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	37.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kaleb Ort RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	29	7

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.66	4.17

WHIP	1.32	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kaleb Ort RP - LAA
News
	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Angels have reassigned right-hander Kaleb Ort to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	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	Kaleb Ort cleared waivers on Monday and has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 9th
	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Los Angeles Angels designated Kaleb Ort for assignment on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th
	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	The Angels claimed RHP Kaleb Ort off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Mason Montgomery served as the Pirates' opener on Monday and pitched a perfect 1-2-3 first inning against the Cardinals. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th	Kaleb Ort has been designated for assignment by the New York Yankees. His move allows Michael Siani to claim a spot on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Fri, Jan 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Kaleb Ort RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Kaleb Ort for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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