Who Should I Trade?

Justin Topa for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Topa RP - KC	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.83	5.63
WHIP	1.49	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Topa RP - KC	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	8.05	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Topa RP - KC	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.4	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	2

Walks	4	1

ERA	3.83	5.63

WHIP	1.49	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Topa RP - KC	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
News
	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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
	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
	Justin Topa RP - KC			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Topa for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

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