Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Kevin Gausman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 24
VBR	# 138	# 157

Projections

Strikeouts	50	57
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.85	4.01
WHIP	1.20	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	# 33

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 35

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 41

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 19

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 19

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 23

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	23

Games Started	20	23

Innings Pitched	120.0	127.1

Wins	8	5

Losses	9	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	129

Earned Runs	53	63

Home Runs Allowed	15	15

Strikeouts	107	127

Walks	25	36

ERA	3.98	4.45

WHIP	1.29	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	52.4	57.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	53

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	50	57

Walks	11	17

ERA	3.85	4.01

WHIP	1.20	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR
News
	Jeff Passan reports multiple teams have engaged the Mariners in a potential trade for George Kirby. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Blue Jays are listening to trade offers on Kevin Gausman. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Ken Rosenthal reports Kevin Gausman has eight teams he can block a trade to as part of his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed seven runs (four earned) across 5 1/3 innings while taking the loss against the Giants on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Kevin Gausman SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Kevin Gausman (2026)

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