Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 147	# 189
VBR	# 370	# 431

Projections

Strikeouts	28	24
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	2
ERA	3.39	4.01
WHIP	1.36	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	# 189

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	# 185

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	# 330

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	27

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	59.2	23.2

Wins	12	0

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	5	3

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	55	15

Earned Runs	23	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	82	30

Walks	30	10

ERA	3.47	3.80

WHIP	1.42	1.06

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.9	20.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	20	17

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	28	24

Walks	12	9

ERA	3.39	4.01

WHIP	1.36	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
		Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
		Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
		Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
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			Kirby Yates RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Kirby Yates (2026)

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