Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Marquis Grissom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	‐
VBR	# 404	# 1023

Projections

Strikeouts	20	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.90	5.50
WHIP	1.31	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 182	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	28.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.81	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	20	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.90	5.50

WHIP	1.31	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	Marquis Grissom RP - WSH
News
	The Pirates activated Kirby Yates. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT			Marquis Grissom RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Marquis Grissom (2026)

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