Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	# 279
VBR	# 418	# 485

Projections

Strikeouts	22	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	1
ERA	3.94	4.06
WHIP	1.32	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	44.0

Wins	0	3

Losses	5	2

Saves	3	3

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	19	37

Earned Runs	11	22

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	35	46

Walks	11	20

ERA	3.76	4.50

WHIP	1.14	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	17.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	15	15

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	18

Walks	8	8

ERA	3.94	4.06

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
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 Orioles recalled Anthony Nunez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Orioles optioned Anthony Nunez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Anthony Nunez picked up a save Friday against Detroit, his third of the season. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Anthony Nunez struck out one batter while allowing one hit on 11 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 12th
	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	Anthony Nunez struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Kirby Yates (2026)

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