Who Should I Trade?

Connor Prielipp for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	# 176
VBR	# 74	# 314

Projections

Strikeouts	51	38
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.41	4.17
WHIP	1.15	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 128

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 143

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 162

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	20	15

Innings Pitched	133.2	77.2

Wins	11	3

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	72

Earned Runs	41	41

Home Runs Allowed	15	9

Strikeouts	121	81

Walks	29	30

ERA	2.76	4.75

WHIP	0.88	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	49.2	37.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	36

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	51	38

Walks	14	14

ERA	3.41	4.17

WHIP	1.15	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Connor Prielipp allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 2nd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Connor Prielipp allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 11-8 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Connor Prielipp (blister) has been activated from the IL and will start Sunday vs the A's. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Twins could activate Connor Prielipp from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Connor Prielipp threw 32 pitches for Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Prielipp for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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