Who Should I Trade?

Dom Hamel for Kirby Yates (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 405	# 974

Projections

Strikeouts	20	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.92	4.21
WHIP	1.31	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.4	5.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.92	4.21

WHIP	1.31	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY
News
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Yankees have reassigned right-hander Dom Hamel to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	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 New York Yankees designated Don Hamel for assignment on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 4th
	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 Yankees claimed RHP Dom Hamel off waivers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 27th
	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	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
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT			Dom Hamel SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Dom Hamel for Kirby Yates (2026)

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