Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 431	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	3	‐
ERA	3.94	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.57	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.94	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	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	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st				vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Kirby Yates (2026)

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