Who Should I Trade?

Gabe Speier for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Gabe Speier RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	# 252
VBR	# 434	# 405

Projections

Strikeouts	26	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.05	3.61
WHIP	1.32	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 358

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 158

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Gabe Speier RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	26.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	13

Hits Allowed	16	20

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	30	21

Walks	11	10

ERA	3.65	2.05

WHIP	1.09	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Gabe Speier RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	22.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	6

Hits Allowed	18	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	26	25

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.05	3.61

WHIP	1.32	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Gabe Speier 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	The Mariners activated Gabe Speier from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Gabe Speier is with the Mariners in Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	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	Gabe Speier threw a perfect inning with two strikeouts in a rehab appearance on Saturday for Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Mariners transferred the rehab assignment of Gabe Speier to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	Gabe Speier threw one inning in a rehab appearance on Wednesday. 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 - LAA			Gabe Speier RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ NYY
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)	#183
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Gabe Speier for Kirby Yates (2026)

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