Who Should I Trade?

Justin Topa for Kade Strowd (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Topa RP - NYY	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 914	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	7	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	3.99
WHIP	1.42	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Topa RP - NYY	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	1.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	29	1

Earned Runs	17	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	12	3

ERA	7.29	9.00

WHIP	1.95	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Topa RP - NYY	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.9	4.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	9	5

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.25	3.99

WHIP	1.42	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Topa RP - NYY	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Kade Strowd complained of a "dead arm" during his Friday outing against the Washington Nationals and will undergo further testing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Topa RP - NYY			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos		@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67

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Justin Topa for Kade Strowd (2026)

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