Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 292	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	48	13
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.39
WHIP	1.33	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	85.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	89	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	27

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.5	14.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	13

Earned Runs	23	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	48	13

Walks	16	7

ERA	4.32	4.39

WHIP	1.33	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Sean Manaea (2026)

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