Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Peyton Gray (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 247	# 226
VBR	# 346	# 481

Projections

Strikeouts	22	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.62	4.03
WHIP	1.33	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 235

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	# 163

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	36

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	43.1

Wins	4	5

Losses	3	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	9	7

Hits Allowed	34	40

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	72	45

Walks	21	13

ERA	3.72	3.53

WHIP	1.20	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	17.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	16	17

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	18

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.62	4.03

WHIP	1.33	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
News
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Gray gave up nine runs — five earned — over two appearances against Houston and Colorado between May 18 and May 25 but has allowed just one earned run with a 7:0 K:BB across 4.1 innings over his last four outings. He picked up the win Friday against Cleveland, entering in the sixth inning and retiring all five batters he faced. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Peyton Gray said his right wrist is fine. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Peyton Gray left Thursday’s game in the eighth inning after taking a liner off his left wrist/forearm. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	The Rangers selected the contract of RHP Peyton Gray from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Mason Montgomery will open for the Pirates on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
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			Peyton Gray RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH

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Mason Montgomery for Peyton Gray (2026)

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