Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Zach Eflin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 138	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	1

Games Started	22	1

Innings Pitched	115.2	3.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	4

Earned Runs	71	1

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	89	7

Walks	42	2

ERA	5.52	2.45

WHIP	1.38	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
2026 Projections


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Hits Allowed	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
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	Zach Eflin successfully underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th
	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	Baltimore is still awaiting a second opinion on the MRI of Eflin's right elbow. The Orioles transferred him to the 60-day IL Tuesday, making him ineligible to return until May 31. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 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	Zach Eflin is getting a second opinion on his elbow. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	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	The Orioles placed RHP Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Orioles are expected to place Zach Eflin on the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Zach Eflin SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Zach Eflin (2026)

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