Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Eduardo Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 548	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	6.87
WHIP	1.48	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 209	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	103.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	100	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	87	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	4.34	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	43.5	0.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	1

Earned Runs	22	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	35	1

Walks	17	1

ERA	4.50	6.87

WHIP	1.48	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
News
	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Eduardo Salazar has agreed to a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The righthander will presumably head to major league spring training as part of the agreement. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs one two hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 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
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Eduardo Salazar (2026)

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