Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 135
VBR	‐	# 276

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	32
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.33
WHIP	‐	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	# 167

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	# 156

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 145

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	27

Games Started	22	13

Innings Pitched	115.2	117.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	115

Earned Runs	71	59

Home Runs Allowed	15	19

Strikeouts	89	117

Walks	42	39

ERA	5.52	4.54

WHIP	1.38	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	6

Innings Pitched	‐	32.5

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	30

Earned Runs	‐	16

Home Runs Allowed	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	32

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	4.33

WHIP	‐	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
News
	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Mitch Keller allowed seven runs on six hits over two innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#52	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#197	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#102	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#224	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#136
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#169
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#52
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#99
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Sean Manaea (2026)

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