Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Bryan King RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	# 182
VBR	# 404	# 522

Projections

Strikeouts	20	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	1
ERA	3.90	3.89
WHIP	1.31	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	# 199

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	# 194

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 208

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.1	47.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	6

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	20	48

Earned Runs	12	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	36	37

Walks	12	16

ERA	3.81	3.61

WHIP	1.13	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Bryan King RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	14	15

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.90	3.89

WHIP	1.31	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Bryan King RP - HOU
News
	The Pirates activated Kirby Yates. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
	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	Bryan King tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 4-2 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT			Bryan King RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Kirby Yates (2026)

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