Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Veneziano for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Veneziano RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 409	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.95	3.96
WHIP	1.30	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Veneziano RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Veneziano RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.4	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.95	3.96

WHIP	1.30	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Anthony Veneziano RP - TEX
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
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Anthony Veneziano RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#133	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#337
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Veneziano for Kirby Yates (2026)

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