Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 418	# 757

Projections

Strikeouts	22	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.94	4.30
WHIP	1.32	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	26.1	20.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	19	22

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	35	17

Walks	11	8

ERA	3.76	2.66

WHIP	1.14	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	11.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	15	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.94	4.30

WHIP	1.32	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Tyler Samaniego 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	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	The Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
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)	#15
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#353
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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