Who Should I Trade?

Marco Raya for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 6	‐
VBR	# 79	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	51	7
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.41	4.68
WHIP	1.15	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	133.2	6.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	5

Earned Runs	41	2

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	121	4

Walks	29	3

ERA	2.76	3.00

WHIP	0.88	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	49.2	8.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	8

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	51	7

Walks	14	4

ERA	3.41	4.68

WHIP	1.15	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The Twins activated Marco Raya from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Marco Raya made a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Twins have optioned right-hander Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Marco Raya for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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