Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 36	# 226
VBR	# 137	# 598

Projections

Strikeouts	57	40
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.41	4.57
WHIP	1.24	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 37	# 296

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	20

Games Started	10	18

Innings Pitched	61.2	93.1

Wins	4	6

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	90

Earned Runs	22	45

Home Runs Allowed	1	13

Strikeouts	50	76

Walks	19	38

ERA	3.21	4.34

WHIP	1.01	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	62.0	49.8

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	50

Earned Runs	24	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	57	40

Walks	19	20

ERA	3.41	4.57

WHIP	1.24	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Anthony Kay allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. 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			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Max Fried (2026)

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