Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Shane Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	‐
VBR	# 444	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	26	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.03	4.53
WHIP	1.34	1.27

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	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.74	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	3.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	3

Walks	10	1

ERA	4.03	4.53

WHIP	1.34	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Shane Murphy RP - CWS
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			Shane Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Shane Murphy (2026)

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