Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Rafael Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 176	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.08	4.26
WHIP	1.21	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	23	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	1.93	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	15.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	31	15

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.08	4.26

WHIP	1.21	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 6-5 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	Aroldis Chapman walked two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters on 13 pitches in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Aroldis Chapman picked up the save in Sunday’s 7-5 win over the Angels, allowing a solo home run while striking out two over one inning. Zach Neto took him deep with two outs before Chapman struck out the next batter to secure his 18th save of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#200	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Sat, May 9th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Rafael Montero (2026)

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