Who Should I Trade?

Jack Little for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 409	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.95	6.98
WHIP	1.30	0.78

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jack Little RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jack Little RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	8	0

ERA	3.95	6.98

WHIP	1.30	0.78

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Jack Little RP - DET
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 Tigers have reassigned right-hander Jack Little to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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
	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			Jack Little RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Little for Kirby Yates (2026)

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