Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Beau Brieske (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Beau Brieske RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	# 596	# 790

Projections

Strikeouts	39	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.69
WHIP	1.48	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 296	# 407

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Beau Brieske RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	98.1	9.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	95	9

Earned Runs	47	7

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	80	8

Walks	40	4

ERA	4.30	6.75

WHIP	1.37	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Beau Brieske RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	18

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.8	14.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	50	13

Earned Runs	25	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	39	12

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.58	4.69

WHIP	1.48	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Beau Brieske RP - DET
News
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs one two hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Tigers recalled Beau Brieske from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Beau Brieske to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	Beau Brieske was activated from the 60-day injured list by the Tigers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	Anthony Kay allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Beau Brieske will make a rehab appearance on Friday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Beau Brieske made a rehab appearance on Tuesday with Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Beau Brieske RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Beau Brieske (2026)

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