Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Seth Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	‐
VBR	# 423	# 854

Projections

Strikeouts	54	11
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.63
WHIP	1.40	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 111	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 103	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	110.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	119	‐

Earned Runs	54	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	89	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	4.39	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	65.4	12.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	12

Earned Runs	33	7

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	54	11

Walks	22	7

ERA	4.56	4.63

WHIP	1.40	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
News
	Seth Lugo allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Marlins are promoting RHP prospect Karson Milbrandt to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Royals right-hander Seth Lugo will start on Friday against the Padres. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Seth Lugo allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Seth Lugo allowed nine runs (six earned) on nine hits and two walks while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Tuesday's win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out seven over six innings in Wednesday's loss to the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Seth Lugo SP - KC			Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Seth Lugo (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation