Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Packy Naughton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 441	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	4.01	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

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	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.80	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.01	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
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	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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 Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Packy Naughton (2026)

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