Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Victor Vodnik (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Victor Vodnik RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	# 215
VBR	# 431	# 826

Projections

Strikeouts	25	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	2
ERA	3.96	4.48
WHIP	1.31	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	# 187

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 341

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Victor Vodnik RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	29

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	31.1

Wins	0	3

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	4

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	15	35

Earned Runs	9	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	30	23

Walks	9	19

ERA	3.57	5.46

WHIP	1.06	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Victor Vodnik RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	20.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	17	20

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	25	18

Walks	9	10

ERA	3.96	4.48

WHIP	1.31	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Victor Vodnik RP - COL
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	Victor Vodnik (elbow) has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list by the Colorado Rockies. In a corresponding move, Eiberson Castellano was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Victor Vodnik is scheduled for two one-inning rehab games for Triple-A Albuquerque next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Victor Vodnik is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Victor Vodnik is scheduled to throw a bullpen session during the Colorado Rockies’ three-game road trip to Anaheim, which begins on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 1st
	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	Victor Vodnik threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Victor Vodnik RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

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Kirby Yates for Victor Vodnik (2026)

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