Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Rafael Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 592	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.39
WHIP	1.37	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 350	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	38.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	5.21	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	14.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	21	13

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	8	7

ERA	4.33	4.39

WHIP	1.37	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Rafael Montero (2026)

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