Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Scott Effross (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Scott Effross RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	5
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.34
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Scott Effross RP - DET
2026 Stats


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Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Scott Effross RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.8	7.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	15	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	5

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.55	4.34

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Scott Effross RP - DET
News
	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	The Tigers have reassigned reliever Scott Effross (oblique) to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th	Effross (oblique) joined Detroit as a non-roster invitee. He allowed four runs on six hits and five walks across 2.2 innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	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 Tigers have signed right-hander Scott Effross to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jan 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY			Scott Effross RP - DET
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Scott Effross (2026)

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