Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 142	# 246
VBR	# 503	# 377

Projections

Strikeouts	43	29
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	4.69	3.65
WHIP	1.42	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 359

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	40

Games Started	16	5

Innings Pitched	92.0	39.0

Wins	8	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	9

Hits Allowed	66	31

Earned Runs	31	17

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	91	58

Walks	36	18

ERA	3.03	3.92

WHIP	1.11	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	27

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.4	25.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	46	21

Earned Runs	25	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	43	29

Walks	19	11

ERA	4.69	3.65

WHIP	1.42	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
News
	Peter Lambert will start Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Friday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Peter Lambert will start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#350	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Peter Lambert (2026)

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