Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 434	# 639

Projections

Strikeouts	26	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.05	4.52
WHIP	1.32	1.36

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	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	4

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	24.2	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	21

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	30	11

Walks	11	3

ERA	3.65	11.57

WHIP	1.09	2.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.1	16.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	26	13

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.05	4.52

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
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	Colton Gordon is scheduled to make the start for Triple-A Nashville on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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 Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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 Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Kirby Yates (2026)

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