Who Should I Trade?

Dom Hamel for Justin Topa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 970	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.23	3.72
WHIP	1.31	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	23

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	19.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	2

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	4

Hits Allowed	‐	27

Earned Runs	‐	17

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	8.05

WHIP	‐	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	23

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	6.4	10.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	11

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	9

Walks	2	4

ERA	4.23	3.72

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY	Justin Topa RP - KC
News
	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Dom Hamel to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The New York Yankees designated Don Hamel for assignment on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 4th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Yankees claimed RHP Dom Hamel off waivers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 27th	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Dom Hamel has been designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers. The move was made to make room for Jakob Junis on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th	Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th
		Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY			Justin Topa RP - KC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Dom Hamel for Justin Topa (2026)

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