Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Zach McCambley (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 409	# 754

Projections

Strikeouts	22	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.95	4.50
WHIP	1.30	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	6.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	36	5

Walks	12	5

ERA	3.95	5.68

WHIP	1.17	2.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	11.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	11

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.95	4.50

WHIP	1.30	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
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 Reds recalled Zach McCambley from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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 Reds optioned Zach McCambley to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach McCambley from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Reds optioned Zach McCambley to Triple-A Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
	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	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Zach McCambley from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Zach McCambley SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#133	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Zach McCambley (2026)

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