Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Jarred Kelenic (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	‐
VBR	# 249	‐

Projections

Runs	15	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	16	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.284	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 7	# 453

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	61

Runs	43	5

Hits	53	13

Singles	26	10

Doubles	10	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	38	4

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	42	8

Strikeouts	72	25

Batting Average	.248	.213

On Base Pct	.375	.304

Slugging Pct	.533	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.907	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	15	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Batting Average	.284	‐

On Base Pct	.428	‐

Slugging Pct	.601	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.028	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge has been cleared for light activity. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Rangers re-signed OF Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge completed another running session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Rangers released OF Jarred Kelenic. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team has not determined when Aaron Judge will be examined again by doctors Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rangers signed Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge is continuing to rehab in New York. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jarred Kelenic has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said a second doctor confirmed that Aaron Judge isn’t ready for baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jarred Kelenic was designated for assignment by the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY			Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Jarred Kelenic (2026)

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