Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	# 268
VBR	# 174	# 858

Projections

Strikeouts	54	28
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.44	5.27
WHIP	1.24	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	15

Innings Pitched	61.2	74.2

Wins	4	5

Losses	3	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	99

Earned Runs	22	46

Home Runs Allowed	1	16

Strikeouts	50	58

Walks	19	23

ERA	3.21	5.54

WHIP	1.01	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	58.3	35.5

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	38

Earned Runs	22	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	54	28

Walks	18	11

ERA	3.44	5.27

WHIP	1.24	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
News
	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th
	Max Fried will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Max Fried could begin a rehab assignment as early as Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried faced hitters again on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Max Fried (2026)

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