Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	# 107
VBR	# 80	# 386

Projections

Strikeouts	67	20
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	7
ERA	3.34	4.15
WHIP	1.15	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 5	# 80

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	# 126

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 147

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 206

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	40

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	119.2	39.1

Wins	10	2

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	80	37

Earned Runs	37	21

Home Runs Allowed	13	5

Strikeouts	113	48

Walks	25	18

ERA	2.78	4.81

WHIP	0.88	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	25

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.2	21.8

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	7

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	53	20

Earned Runs	23	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	67	20

Walks	18	9

ERA	3.34	4.15

WHIP	1.15	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed six earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 9-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Yoshinobu Yamamoto will not pitch in the All-Star Game. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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