Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 189
VBR	# 472	# 409

Projections

Strikeouts	38	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	4.65	3.92
WHIP	1.41	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	# 191

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	# 185

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 330

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 325	# 168

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	31

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	108.2	27.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	82	20

Earned Runs	37	12

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	108	36

Walks	41	12

ERA	3.06	3.95

WHIP	1.13	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	20

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	41.7	17.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	40	14

Earned Runs	22	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	38	20

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.65	3.92

WHIP	1.41	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
News
	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings in a win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Peter Lambert will start Sunday's series finale against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in a win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Peter Lambert will start Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Kirby Yates RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#289
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Peter Lambert (2026)

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