Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	# 348
VBR	# 86	# 734

Projections

Strikeouts	68	29
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.35	4.62
WHIP	1.15	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 5	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 437

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	32

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	119.2	43.2

Wins	10	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	80	42

Earned Runs	37	18

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	113	52

Walks	25	22

ERA	2.78	3.71

WHIP	0.88	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	27

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	64.0	28.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	53	27

Earned Runs	24	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	68	29

Walks	19	14

ERA	3.35	4.62

WHIP	1.15	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed six earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 9-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Yoshinobu Yamamoto will not pitch in the All-Star Game. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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