Who Should I Trade?

Carson Fulmer for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 441	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.01	3.35
WHIP	1.32	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.80	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	20.4	1.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	17	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	24	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.01	3.35

WHIP	1.32	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
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	The Pirates have traded right-hander Carson Fulmer to the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Pirates reassigned RHP Carson Fulmer to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 24th
	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	Carson Fulmer agrees to a minor-league deal with the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Feb 23rd
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Fulmer for Kirby Yates (2026)

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