Who Should I Trade?

Tink Hence for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Tink Hence SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	‐
VBR	# 80	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	67	6
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.35
WHIP	1.15	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 5	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Tink Hence SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	119.2	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	80	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	113	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	2.78	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Tink Hence SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.2	6.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	6

Earned Runs	23	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	67	6

Walks	18	3

ERA	3.34	4.35

WHIP	1.15	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Tink Hence SP - STL
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Hence threw a scoreless frame Tuesday in his first spring outing, recording one strikeout while working from the bullpen. He appeared in only eight games last season due to a lat strain and shoulder impingement. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Hence suffered a lat strain and shoulder impingement during the 2025 season, cutting his campaign short. Tuesday's Grapefruit League appearance will be his first game action since last July. Bruno Mulé Tue, Feb 24th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed six earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 9-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Yoshinobu Yamamoto will not pitch in the All-Star Game. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Tink Hence SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

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Tink Hence for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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