Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 51	# 182
VBR	# 208	# 409

Projections

Strikeouts	46	22
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	3.93	3.95
WHIP	1.24	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	# 189

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	# 185

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 132

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 330

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	31

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	101.0	27.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	20

Earned Runs	39	12

Home Runs Allowed	12	2

Strikeouts	110	36

Walks	29	12

ERA	3.48	3.95

WHIP	1.16	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	21

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	18.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	39	15

Earned Runs	19	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	46	22

Walks	14	8

ERA	3.93	3.95

WHIP	1.24	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
News
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Kirby Yates RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Payton Tolle (2026)

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