Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Rafael Montero (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	16
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.55
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.2	16.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	3	15

Earned Runs	2	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	3	16

Walks	2	8

ERA	4.29	4.55

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	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
	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	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
	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			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
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Rafael Montero (2026)

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