Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Tyler Kinley (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 328	‐
VBR	# 550	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 365	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Tyler Kinley (paternity) has rejoined the Braves ahead of Friday's game in St. Louis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	The Braves placed Tyler Kinley on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Tyler Kinley (elbow) will return from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Tyler Kinley (elbow) was placed on the 15-day IL on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Tyler Kinley is heading back to the Atlanta Braves on a one-year deal with a $5.5 million club option in 2027. The righthander will earn $4.25 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Tyler Kinley (2026)

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