Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Kyle Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 431	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	3	‐
ERA	3.94	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	22.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.57	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.94	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
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	Kyle Keller has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The righthander receives an invitation to spring training and will make $1.9 million, with incentives, if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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			Kyle Keller RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#200
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Kyle Keller (2026)

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