Who Should I Trade?

Packy Naughton for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 278	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	44	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.46	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	97.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	101	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	95	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	4.61	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	45.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
News
	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	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Packy Naughton for Sean Manaea (2026)

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