Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	# 245
VBR	# 287	# 375

Projections

Strikeouts	23	28
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	2
ERA	4.29	3.64
WHIP	1.25	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 111	# 137

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	42

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	37.1	41.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	5	3

Saves	24	1

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	0	9

Hits Allowed	27	31

Earned Runs	20	17

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	43	63

Walks	9	19

ERA	4.82	3.70

WHIP	0.96	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	24.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	20	20

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	28

Walks	7	10

ERA	4.29	3.64

WHIP	1.25	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
News
	Paul Sewald tossed a clean inning in a save on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Paul Sewald blew the save opportunity on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for the save on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Paul Sewald (2026)

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