Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Chris Paddack (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 442	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.54	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 212	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 310	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	14

Games Started	28	9

Innings Pitched	145.0	57.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	9	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	147	76

Earned Runs	74	43

Home Runs Allowed	20	9

Strikeouts	118	40

Walks	51	19

ERA	4.59	6.79

WHIP	1.37	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	10.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 12th	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Anthony Kay allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Anthony Kay allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 1st	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#136
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#68
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#329
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#106
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#217
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#217
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#78
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#281
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#240
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#330
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#396
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Chris Paddack (2026)

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