Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JT Brubaker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 441	# 612

Projections

Strikeouts	24	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	2
ERA	4.01	4.51
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 268

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	49.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	15	36

Earned Runs	10	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	30	35

Walks	10	20

ERA	3.80	2.74

WHIP	1.06	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	20.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	17	20

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	24	17

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.01	4.51

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JT Brubaker RP - SF
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			JT Brubaker RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Kirby Yates (2026)

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