Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Mahle for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Mahle SP - ATL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 117	# 159
VBR	# 295	# 562

Projections

Strikeouts	22	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	4.54
WHIP	1.35	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 98	# 217

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 192	# 231

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 167	# 86

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 171	# 170

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Mahle SP - ATL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	22	19

Innings Pitched	118.1	98.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	10	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	114	123

Earned Runs	58	72

Home Runs Allowed	16	18

Strikeouts	112	61

Walks	42	31

ERA	4.41	6.61

WHIP	1.32	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Mahle SP - ATL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	2

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	24.4	12.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	10

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.23	4.54

WHIP	1.35	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Mahle SP - ATL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
News
	Tyler Mahle allowed one run on five hits and no walks while striking out nine over 6 2/3 innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 30th	Zac Gallen threw 45 pitches in a bridge camp game in Arizona on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Tyler Mahle allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five-plus innings in Sunday's 4-2 win against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 24th	Zac Gallen will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	Tyler Mahle allowed two runs on six hits and a walk while striking out three over 6 2/3 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 19th	Zac Gallen threw a 33-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Tyler Mahle gave up just one run on four hits and no walk while striking out seven across six innings in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Zac Gallen has progressed to throwing out to 120 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Tyler Mahle gave up three hits and two walks while striking out nine over six shutout innings in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 8th	The Diamondbacks transferred Zac Gallen to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Mahle SP - ATL			Zac Gallen SP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Anthony Molina		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Mahle for Zac Gallen (2026)

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