Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 190	# 296
VBR	# 434	# 511

Projections

Strikeouts	26	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.05	3.94
WHIP	1.32	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 214

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 404

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	33.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	5	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	16	29

Earned Runs	10	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	30	33

Walks	11	19

ERA	3.65	4.91

WHIP	1.09	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	20.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	26	21

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.05	3.94

WHIP	1.32	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
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	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	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	Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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