Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1047

Projections

Strikeouts	3	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.61
WHIP	1.53	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	94.50

WHIP	‐	12.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.0	4.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	3	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	3	4

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.58	4.61

WHIP	1.53	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
News
	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Tigers optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th	The Tigers have claimed pitcher Yilber Diaz off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	The Diamondbacks designated RHP Yilber Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Yilber Diaz is being called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th	Diaz transitioned to a relief role at Triple-A Reno last season and issued 73 walks across 57 innings in the minors. He allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over 1.2 innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL			Yilber Diaz RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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