Who Should I Trade?

Josh Fleming for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 445	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.06	5.66
WHIP	1.34	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.1	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	6

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	32	1

Walks	11	2

ERA	3.55	12.00

WHIP	1.11	2.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.4	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	16	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	23	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.06	5.66

WHIP	1.34	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Fleming RP - CHC
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	The Cubs signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Blue Jays re-signed LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	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	Josh Fleming has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Blue Jays designated Josh Fleming for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	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	Lefthander Josh Fleming had his contract selected by the Toronto Blue Jays and should be available on Monday out of the bullpen. Righthander Austin Voth was designated for assignment in a corresponding move. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Josh Fleming RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Fleming for Kirby Yates (2026)

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