Pitcher Playing Time Changes: August 14, 2026
We’ve reached the home stretch of the season after the trade deadline, and there’ve been plenty of shifts in projected playing time with players switching teams. For today’s roundup, I’ll focus only on starting pitchers, since their changes were much more notable.
Notable Playing Time Changes, SP, 7/31 to 8/14
| Name | Team | Old % of Team’s Remaining GS | New % of Team’s Remaining GS | PT Change | Old Remaining GS | New Remaining GS | Change | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Kent | WSN | 2% | 15% | 13% | 1 | 6 | 5 | Welcome to the bigs! |
| Blade Tidwell | SFG | 2% | 13% | 11% | 1 | 5 | 4 | Filling the post-Ray rotation spot |
| Keider Montero | DET | 6% | 16% | 10% | 2 | 6 | 4 | Hold on rotation spot is ironclad now |
| Andrew Alvarez | WSN | 7% | 17% | 10% | 3 | 7 | 4 | Should hold onto his spot after Foster Griffin trade |
| George Klassen | LAA | 3% | 13% | 10% | 1 | 5 | 4 | Will get a good long look the rest of the year |
| Jackson Jobe | DET | 2% | 12% | 10% | 1 | 5 | 4 | Back from Tommy John and the stuff looks great |
| Cody Bradford | TEX | 3% | 12% | 9% | 1 | 5 | 4 | Back from the IL |
| Adrian Houser | SP | 8% | 17% | 9% | 3 | 7 | 4 | Moved back to rotation post-deadline |
| Rhett Lowder | CIN | 7% | 16% | 9% | 3 | 6 | 3 | Will keep rotation spot with Greene out |
| Hunter Dobbins | STL | 7% | 15% | 8% | 3 | 6 | 3 | Took Dustin May’s rotation spot |
| Ryan Gusto | MIA | 5% | 13% | 8% | 2 | 5 | 3 | Has done enough to stick in rotation |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | 5% | 12% | 7% | 2 | 5 | 3 | Back in rotation with Keller out |
| Luis Castillo | CHW | 13% | 19% | 6% | 5 | 8 | 3 | From six-man rotation with Seattle to five-man in Chicago |
| Troy Melton | DET | 12% | 17% | 5% | 5 | 7 | 2 | Continues to pitch brilliantly |
| Clay Holmes | CHC | 11% | 16% | 5% | 4 | 6 | 2 | Back from the IL and in a Cubs uniform |
| Jake Irvin | WSN | 13% | 18% | 5% | 5 | 7 | 2 | Back from the IL |
| Emerson Hancock | SEA | 13% | 18% | 5% | 5 | 7 | 2 | Five-man rotation benefits him |
| Reynaldo López | SEA | 15% | 10% | -5% | 6 | 4 | -2 | Knee inflammation |
| Tatsuya Imai | HOU | 14% | 9% | -5% | 6 | 4 | -2 | Moved to bullpen |
| Erick Fedde 페디 | CHW | 12% | 7% | -5% | 5 | 3 | -2 | Moved to bullpen |
| Javier Assad | CHC | 7% | 2% | -5% | 3 | 1 | -2 | Moved to bullpen |
| Jeffrey Springs | ATH | 16% | 9% | -7% | 6 | 4 | -2 | Hip discomfort |
| Ben Brown | CHC | 7% | 1% | -6% | 3 | 0 | -3 | Running out of time to come back as a starter |
| Braxton Garrett | CHC | 7% | 1% | -6% | 3 | 0 | -3 | Will be up-and-down depth arm the rest of the year |
| Max Meyer | MIA | 14% | 7% | -7% | 6 | 3 | -3 | Timetable for return remains uncertain |
| Noah Schultz | CHW | 13% | 6% | -7% | 5 | 2 | -3 | Hold on rotation spot is shakier |
| Griffin Jax | TBR | 14% | 7% | -7% | 6 | 3 | -3 | Posterior elbow inflammation |
| Joe Ryan | MIN | 18% | 10% | -8% | 7 | 4 | -3 | Glute strain |
| Brandon Sproat | MIL | 16% | 7% | -9% | 6 | 3 | -3 | Optioned to minors |
| David Peterson | CHC | 17% | 8% | -9% | 7 | 3 | -4 | Holds rotation spot for now, may not have it when Edward Cabrera returns |
| Kris Bubic | LAD | 9% | 0% | -9% | 4 | 0 | -4 | If he’s back this year, will be as a reliever |
| Griffin Canning | SDP | 12% | 2% | -10% | 5 | 1 | -4 | Moved to bullpen |
| Colin Rea | CHC | 12% | 2% | -10% | 5 | 1 | -4 | Moved to bullpen |
| Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | 18% | 8% | -10% | 7 | 3 | -4 | Elbow inflammation |
| JP Sears | SDP | 13% | 2% | -11% | 5 | 1 | -4 | Optioned to minors |
| Emmet Sheehan | LAD | 14% | 2% | -12% | 6 | 1 | -5 | Optioned to minors |
| Slade Cecconi | CLE | 17% | 5% | -12% | 7 | 2 | -5 | Moved to bullpen, then IL’d with arm fatigue |
| Trey Yesavage | TOR | 17% | 4% | -13% | 7 | 2 | -5 | Meniscus surgery; return this year in doubt |
| Miles Mikolas | WSN | 13% | 0% | -13% | 5 | 0 | -5 | DFA’d |
| Luinder Avila | KCR | 13% | 0% | -13% | 5 | 0 | -5 | Tommy John surgery |
| Zack Littell | ARI | 17% | 3% | -14% | 7 | 1 | -6 | From Nats rotation to Dbacks bullpen |
| Hunter Greene | CIN | 18% | 0% | -18% | 7 | 0 | -7 | Tommy John surgery will keep him out all of 2027, too |
| Mitch Keller | PIT | 19% | 0% | -19% | 8 | 0 | -8 | Season-ending teres major strain |
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