Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Ryan Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	# 581	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	37	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.26
WHIP	1.48	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 296	# 439

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	98.1	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	95	‐

Earned Runs	47	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	80	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	4.30	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.0	8.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	7

Earned Runs	23	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	37	9

Walks	18	5

ERA	4.47	4.26

WHIP	1.48	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
News
	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	The Mets have reassigned right-hander Ryan Lambert to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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	Lambert compiled a 1.62 ERA and 1.16 WHIP with 81 strikeouts and 17 walks across 50 innings between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton in 2025. His professional experience has not extended beyond the Double-A level. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Ryan Lambert (2026)

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