Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 508	# 606

Projections

Strikeouts	30	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.69	3.99
WHIP	1.40	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 298	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	2

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	2.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	2

Earned Runs	34	1

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	34	4

Walks	17	0

ERA	7.34	3.38

WHIP	1.54	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	33.4	12.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	11

Earned Runs	17	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	30	12

Walks	11	5

ERA	4.69	3.99

WHIP	1.40	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
News
	Ryan Johnson allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Yankees optioned Kervin Castro to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Tigers.. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Yankees recalled Kervin Castro from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Ryan Johnson will start on Sunday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The move was made to make room for Carlos Rodon (elbow), who was activated from the IL and will make his season debut on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	Ryan Johnson allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Kervin Castro has been called up to the Yankees' roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He should be available out of the bullpen on Friday in Milwaukee. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over four innings in Sunday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 6th	Righthander Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA			Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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