Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 421	# 1001

Projections

Strikeouts	22	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.03	4.24
WHIP	1.33	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.76	‐

WHIP	1.14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	2.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	22	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.03	4.24

WHIP	1.33	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
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	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	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			Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Kirby Yates (2026)

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