Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Spencer Bivens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	12	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.18
WHIP	1.45	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.5	16.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	12	16

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	12	12

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.35	4.18

WHIP	1.45	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
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 Giants optioned Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th	The Giants are calling up Spencer Bivens. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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 Giants have optioned right-hander Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY			Spencer Bivens RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Spencer Bivens (2026)

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