Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for Rafael Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 742	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.55
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 441	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.80	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.4	16.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	11	15

Earned Runs	5	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	16

Walks	4	8

ERA	4.26	4.55

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The Pirates optioned RHP Hunter Stratton to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Pirates recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	The Braves acquired C Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Hunter Stratton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	Hunter Stratton was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday morning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 3rd
	The Braves recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Will Klein
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Stratton for Rafael Montero (2026)

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