Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 207
VBR	# 77	# 604

Projections

Strikeouts	71	37
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.48	4.61
WHIP	1.21	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 15	# 209

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 15	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	22	20

Innings Pitched	128.2	103.2

Wins	9	7

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	100

Earned Runs	56	50

Home Runs Allowed	12	14

Strikeouts	157	87

Walks	41	41

ERA	3.92	4.34

WHIP	1.19	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	62.1	46.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	47

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	71	37

Walks	20	18

ERA	3.48	4.61

WHIP	1.21	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
News
	Jesus Luzardo was tagged for six runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five in Wednesday's 8-6 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just one run on three hits and a walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's 1-0 loss to the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Jesus Luzardo gave up one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out seven across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will start on Saturday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just two hits and two walks while racking up 11 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

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