Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 128
VBR	# 372	# 344

Projections

Strikeouts	58	34
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	3.84
WHIP	1.40	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	# 107

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 94

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	# 130

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 119

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	103.1	16.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	103	12

Earned Runs	62	8

Home Runs Allowed	13	0

Strikeouts	77	24

Walks	35	6

ERA	5.40	4.50

WHIP	1.34	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	12	6

Innings Pitched	70.7	31.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	73	26

Earned Runs	37	13

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	58	34

Walks	23	10

ERA	4.67	3.84

WHIP	1.40	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Nick Pivetta SP - SD
News
	Mitch Keller allowed three runs on four hits over three innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Thursday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Mitch Keller allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with one strikeout in a loss on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Mitch Keller allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Nick Pivetta has progressed to throwing from 90 feet. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Mitch Keller allowed three runs on seven hits with one walk and four strikeouts over six innings on Tuesday in Pittsburgh's 3-2 loss to the Mariners. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th	The Padres transferred Nick Pivetta to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Mitch Keller was charged with six runs on seven hits over 4.2 innings on Friday as the Pirates suffered a 6-3 loss to the Braves in Atlanta. David Leisering Sat, Jun 6th	Nick Pivetta has been diagnosed with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Nick Pivetta SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Nick Pivetta (2026)

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