Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 444	# 774

Projections

Strikeouts	27	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.01	4.34
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	2

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	1

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.74	8.10

WHIP	1.06	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.4	9.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	27	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.01	4.34

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Chase Lee RP - TOR
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 Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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 Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	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	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. 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
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Chase Lee RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Kirby Yates (2026)

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