Who Should I Trade?

Jake Irvin for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	# 272
VBR	# 79	# 492

Projections

Strikeouts	54	33
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.80
WHIP	1.16	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 182

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	20	12

Innings Pitched	133.2	56.2

Wins	11	2

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	50

Earned Runs	41	34

Home Runs Allowed	15	9

Strikeouts	121	59

Walks	29	24

ERA	2.76	5.40

WHIP	0.88	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	7

Innings Pitched	51.8	40.3

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	41

Earned Runs	19	22

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	54	33

Walks	15	14

ERA	3.34	4.80

WHIP	1.16	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jake Irvin SP - WSH
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Jake Irvin allowed five earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings in Thursday's loss to Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jul 31st
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Nationals activated RHP Jake Irvin from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Nationals manager Blake Butera confirmed that Jake Irvin will be activated from the injured list to start Thursday’s game against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jake Irvin is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jake Irvin is making a rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Jake Irvin SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Irvin for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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