Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Taj Bradley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 138
VBR	# 228	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.07	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 130	# 152

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 114

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 65	# 177

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 115

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	22

Games Started	26	22

Innings Pitched	147.1	115.2

Wins	9	6

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	125	118

Earned Runs	65	71

Home Runs Allowed	20	15

Strikeouts	169	89

Walks	63	42

ERA	3.97	5.52

WHIP	1.28	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	27.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.07	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	Mitch Keller SP - PIT
News
	Taj Bradley allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out 11 over 6.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Athletics. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Taj Bradley allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Braves. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	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
	Taj Bradley allowed five earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 7-1 loss to the Phillies. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Taj Bradley allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Taj Bradley allowed three earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out two over six innings in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN			Mitch Keller SP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Taj Bradley (2026)

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