Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Taj Bradley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Taj Bradley SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 85
VBR	# 27	# 211

Projections

Strikeouts	65	52
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.92	4.26
WHIP	1.11	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	# 130

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 88

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 104

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 80

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 46

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Taj Bradley SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	22

Games Started	24	22

Innings Pitched	129.2	126.2

Wins	9	9

Losses	10	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	104

Earned Runs	60	52

Home Runs Allowed	13	17

Strikeouts	162	141

Walks	36	53

ERA	4.16	3.69

WHIP	1.13	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Taj Bradley SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	54.9	49.9

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	46

Earned Runs	18	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	65	52

Walks	15	19

ERA	2.92	4.26

WHIP	1.11	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Taj Bradley SP - MIN
News
	Paul Skenes allowed three runs on two hits over five innings with six strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Taj Bradley allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Taj Bradley allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out five over seven innings in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Taj Bradley didn't have his sharpest command, and the Cubs were happy to cash in. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 19th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Taj Bradley will start for the Twins on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Taj Bradley SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Taj Bradley (2026)

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