Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1088

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.97
WHIP	1.48	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	3.00

WHIP	‐	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	11.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.32	4.97

WHIP	1.48	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY	Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
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 Marlins optioned Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th	The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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 Marlins optioned RHP Zach Brzykcy to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
		The Marlins recalled Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		Zach Brzykcy was optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville by the Miami Marlins on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Montero RP - NYY			Zach Brzykcy RP - MIA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Zach Brzykcy (2026)

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