Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Kyle Hart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 592	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.17
WHIP	1.37	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 350	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	38.0	7.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	30	9

Earned Runs	22	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	33	9

Walks	12	4

ERA	5.21	9.39

WHIP	1.11	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	10.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	21	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	10

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.33	4.17

WHIP	1.37	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Payamps for Kyle Hart (2026)

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