Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Tim Mayza (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 190	# 261
VBR	# 449	# 519

Projections

Strikeouts	26	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.03	3.87
WHIP	1.33	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 314

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 216

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	38

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	21.2	43.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	15	40

Earned Runs	9	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	28	44

Walks	8	10

ERA	3.74	3.71

WHIP	1.06	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	20.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	18	20

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	26	18

Walks	10	6

ERA	4.03	3.87

WHIP	1.33	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
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	Tim Mayza will serve as the opener for the Phillies on Saturday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Tim Mayza will serve as the opener for the Phillies on Monday night against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Tim Mayza will start Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader for the Phillies against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Phillies signed LHP Tim Mayza to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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	Tim Mayza is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies on a minor league contract. The veteran lefthander will receive an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Thu, Jan 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Tim Mayza (2026)

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