Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 224
VBR	‐	# 510

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	13
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.44
WHIP	‐	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 209

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 132

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	23

Games Started	22	21

Innings Pitched	115.2	110.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	128

Earned Runs	71	62

Home Runs Allowed	15	17

Strikeouts	89	88

Walks	42	37

ERA	5.52	5.07

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	15.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	16

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	13

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.44

WHIP	‐	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
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	Slade Cecconi is scheduled to throw a bullpen session this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	The Guardians placed Slade Cecconi on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Guardians will move Slade Cecconi to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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