Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 444	# 728

Projections

Strikeouts	23	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.05	4.54
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 294

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


Games Played	28	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	54.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	16	52

Earned Runs	10	27

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	30	43

Walks	11	19

ERA	3.65	4.45

WHIP	1.09	1.30

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


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	15.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	16	16

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	13

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.05	4.54

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Ryan Watson (2026)

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