Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 444	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.01	0.00
WHIP	1.32	0.96

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Hans Crouse RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.74	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Hans Crouse RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.4	0.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	1

Earned Runs	10	0

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	27	1

Walks	10	0

ERA	4.01	0.00

WHIP	1.32	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Hans Crouse 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	The Orioles reassigned RHP Hans Crouse to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Hans Crouse has signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th
	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 signed RHP Hans Crouse to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	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			Hans Crouse RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
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)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Hans Crouse for Kirby Yates (2026)

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