Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Caleb Kilian (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 138
VBR	# 456	# 403

Projections

Strikeouts	16	25
Wins	1	2
Saves	3	1
ERA	4.10	3.44
WHIP	1.41	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	# 134

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 139

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 209

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 101

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	51

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	44.1	60.2

Wins	3	12

Losses	6	2

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	5

Holds	4	9

Hits Allowed	39	58

Earned Runs	21	27

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	53	83

Walks	20	31

ERA	4.26	4.01

WHIP	1.33	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	21.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	25

Walks	7	10

ERA	4.10	3.44

WHIP	1.41	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs STL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Caleb Kilian (2026)

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