Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	# 135
VBR	# 293	# 275

Projections

Strikeouts	25	32
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.37
WHIP	1.31	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	# 167

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 156

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 145

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	27

Games Started	26	13

Innings Pitched	162.2	117.0

Wins	7	4

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	115

Earned Runs	63	59

Home Runs Allowed	22	19

Strikeouts	126	117

Walks	42	39

ERA	3.49	4.54

WHIP	1.13	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	6

Innings Pitched	32.7	31.7

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	29

Earned Runs	16	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	25	32

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.29	4.37

WHIP	1.31	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
News
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd	Sean Manaea allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 21st
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out three over five innings in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Sean Manaea allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven across 6.1 innings in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th
	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 6.2 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 12th	Sean Manaea allowed one run on three hits and no walks while striking out 11 in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out one over 5.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 7th	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Sean Manaea (2026)

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