Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 182	# 244
VBR	# 418	# 410

Projections

Strikeouts	22	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	1
ERA	3.94	3.81
WHIP	1.32	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	# 227

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 220

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	49.2

Wins	0	5

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	4

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	0	21

Hits Allowed	19	33

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	35	40

Walks	11	8

ERA	3.76	2.17

WHIP	1.14	0.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	19.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	6

Hits Allowed	15	18

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	17

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.94	3.81

WHIP	1.32	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
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	Kevin Kelly pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals to earn his third save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Kevin Kelly recorded his second save of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, tossing a 1-2-3 10th inning. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 5th
	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	Kevin Kelly was called upon to record the final out against Blake Perkins and secured the save on five pitches, inducing a game-ending groundout to preserve a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Rays over the Milwaukee Brewers and earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 31st
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Kirby Yates (2026)

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