Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 138	# 193
VBR	‐	# 534

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	17
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.67
WHIP	‐	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	# 202

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 389

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	27

Games Started	22	27

Innings Pitched	115.2	131.1

Wins	6	8

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	129

Earned Runs	71	68

Home Runs Allowed	15	17

Strikeouts	89	111

Walks	42	49

ERA	5.52	4.66

WHIP	1.38	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	20.6

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	21

Earned Runs	‐	11

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	17

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.67

WHIP	‐	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Walker Buehler SP - SD
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	Walker Buehler allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a no-decision on Saturday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts in a win on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed one run on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Tuesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Walker Buehler allowed one run on six hits over four innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#309	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#210	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ 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 (8-10)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Walker Buehler (2026)

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