Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Zach Plesac (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 29	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	86	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	2.95	‐
WHIP	1.11	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zach Plesac SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	115.1	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	96	‐

Earned Runs	47	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	138	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	3.67	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zach Plesac SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	72.8	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	2.95	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Zach Plesac SP - FA
News
	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
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Zach Plesac SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Zach Plesac (2026)

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