Who Should I Trade?

Eduard Bazardo for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	# 255
VBR	# 409	# 434

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.95	3.81
WHIP	1.30	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	# 139

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 345

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	48.2

Wins	0	3

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	21

Hits Allowed	20	47

Earned Runs	12	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	36	50

Walks	12	14

ERA	3.95	2.96

WHIP	1.17	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	19.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	15	17

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.95	3.81

WHIP	1.30	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
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	Eduard Bazardo allowed two runs on one inning in a loss on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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
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			Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Eduard Bazardo for Kirby Yates (2026)

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