Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 269	# 339
VBR	# 551	# 704

Projections

Strikeouts	24	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.21
WHIP	1.34	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 394	# 319

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 167	# 340

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	35

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	77.0	35.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	103	38

Earned Runs	48	19

Home Runs Allowed	17	6

Strikeouts	60	22

Walks	25	12

ERA	5.61	4.84

WHIP	1.66	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	28.4	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	28	12

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	24	9

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.52	4.21

WHIP	1.34	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
News
	The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs STL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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