Who Should I Trade?

Joey Gerber for Justin Topa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 919	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.52	3.52
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	19.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	6	27

Earned Runs	4	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	8	12

Walks	4	11

ERA	4.32	8.05

WHIP	1.20	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.5	11.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	7	11

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	9

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.52	3.52

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Justin Topa RP - KC
News
	The Mets optioned Joey Gerber to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Joey Gerber was recalled from the minors ahead of Monday's game in Toronto. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Joey Gerber was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse following Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Mets recalled Joey Gerber from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th
	The Mets optioned Joey Gerber to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM			Justin Topa RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Gerber for Justin Topa (2026)

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