Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Mitch Spence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 444	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	27	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.01	4.89
WHIP	1.32	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 465

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	3

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.2	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	19

Earned Runs	9	22

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	28	6

Walks	8	9

ERA	3.74	21.21

WHIP	1.06	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.4	12.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	14

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	27	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.01	4.89

WHIP	1.32	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
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	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Mitch Spence is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Royals optioned RHP Mitch Spence to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Royals recalled Mitch Spence from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Mitch Spence SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Mitch Spence (2026)

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