Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 29	# 131
VBR	# 129	# 332

Projections

Strikeouts	61	51
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.71
WHIP	1.20	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	# 145

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 117

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 116

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 88

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	19	14

Innings Pitched	116.0	77.0

Wins	8	7

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	71

Earned Runs	46	37

Home Runs Allowed	11	13

Strikeouts	104	58

Walks	25	21

ERA	3.57	4.32

WHIP	1.28	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	63.6	62.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	62

Earned Runs	27	32

Home Runs Allowed	8	11

Strikeouts	61	51

Walks	13	16

ERA	3.80	4.71

WHIP	1.20	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
News
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Bailey Ober will start on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Twins activated Bailey Ober from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Bailey Ober is expected to be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 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
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for George Kirby (2026)

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