Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Victor Mederos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 904	# 830

Projections

Strikeouts	5	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.79
WHIP	1.35	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	14.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	12

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.77

WHIP	‐	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.4	13.7

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	14

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	5	11

Walks	3	6

ERA	4.36	4.79

WHIP	1.35	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
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	Victor Mederos gave up no runs, one hit, and a walk while striking out one across 2 1/3 innings to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th	Victor Mederos was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	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 Braves optioned Victor Mederos to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		The Atlanta Braves have called up RHP Victor Mederos. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
		The Angels designated RHP Victor Mederos for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY			Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Victor Mederos (2026)

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