Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Marco Raya (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	‐
VBR	# 444	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	27	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.01	4.67
WHIP	1.32	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

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	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	5

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	28	4

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.74	3.00

WHIP	1.06	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.4	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	27	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.01	4.67

WHIP	1.32	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
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	Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Twins have optioned right-hander Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	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			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Marco Raya (2026)

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