Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 434	# 736

Projections

Strikeouts	26	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.05	3.73
WHIP	1.32	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 191

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

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


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

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


Games Played	23	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	18	6

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	9

Walks	10	3

ERA	4.05	3.73

WHIP	1.32	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	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	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
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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. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Kirby Yates (2026)

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