Who Should I Trade?

Mike Clevinger for Nick Sandlin (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 961	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.11
WHIP	1.38	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	11

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	11.42

WHIP	‐	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.8	11.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	7	10

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	10

Walks	3	5

ERA	4.61	4.11

WHIP	1.38	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
News
	Mike Clevinger suffered a knee injury at Triple-A Indianapolis and will miss “roughly” six weeks. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Tigers signed RHP Nick Sandlin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Clevinger has been pitching in relief at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, allowing five runs with a 9:5 K:BB across 8.2 innings. He is on the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, leaving his return timeline unclear. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th	Nick Sandlin elected free agency. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	The Pirates optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The Angels designated Nick Sandlin for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Clevinger signed a non-roster contract with Pittsburgh in February. His first spring outing came on Feb. 25, when his fastball reached 97 mph. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd	The Angels selected the contract of RHP Nick Sandlin from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	The Pirates signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th	The Angels have reassigned right-hander Nick Sandlin (elbow) to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT			Nick Sandlin RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Mike Clevinger for Nick Sandlin (2026)

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