Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Justin Topa RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 399	# 799

Projections

Strikeouts	12	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.20	4.22
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	25

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	75.0	22.0

Wins	13	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	6	0

Holds	13	4

Hits Allowed	67	31

Earned Runs	28	17

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	104	15

Walks	37	12

ERA	3.36	6.95

WHIP	1.39	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.3	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	8	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.20	4.22

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Yankees designated RHP Justin Topa for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
		The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
		The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
		The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
		The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Justin Topa (2026)

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