Who Should I Trade?

Grant Wolfram for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	# 358
VBR	# 441	# 556

Projections

Strikeouts	24	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	1
ERA	4.01	4.08
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 329

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 424

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Grant Wolfram RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	30.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	5	2

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	15	32

Earned Runs	10	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	30	32

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.80	4.50

WHIP	1.06	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Grant Wolfram RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	18.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	24	18

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.01	4.08

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Grant Wolfram RP - BAL
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	Grant Wolfram threw 12 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	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 Orioles activated LHP Grant Wolfram from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	The Orioles placed LHP Grant Wolfram on the 15-day injured list with a lower back strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Grant Wolfram RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Wolfram for Kirby Yates (2026)

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