Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 990

Projections

Strikeouts	12	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.38
WHIP	1.48	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	94.50

WHIP	‐	12.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.5	4.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	4

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	5

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.32	4.38

WHIP	1.48	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Yilber Diaz 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 optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th	The Tigers have claimed pitcher Yilber Diaz off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Diamondbacks designated RHP Yilber Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		Yilber Diaz is being called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
		Diaz transitioned to a relief role at Triple-A Reno last season and issued 73 walks across 57 innings in the minors. He allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over 1.2 innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY			Yilber Diaz RP - DET
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
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)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
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 Yilber Diaz (2026)

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