Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	# 227
VBR	# 126	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	61	22
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.57
WHIP	1.20	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 219

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	19	10

Innings Pitched	116.0	56.1

Wins	8	4

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	70

Earned Runs	46	33

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	104	37

Walks	25	22

ERA	3.57	5.27

WHIP	1.28	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	63.7	26.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	28

Earned Runs	27	14

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	61	22

Walks	13	9

ERA	3.79	4.57

WHIP	1.20	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
News
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Chris Bassitt threw long toss on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Chris Bassitt is back with the Orioles and is feeling better, but he remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Chris Bassitt underwent a procedure to have bone spurs removed from his back. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Chris Bassitt has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Chris Bassitt will head for a second opinion on his back injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Chris Bassitt SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Bassitt for George Kirby (2026)

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