Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 470	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.35	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 212	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	‐

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


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	26	‐

Innings Pitched	136.2	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	136	‐

Earned Runs	66	‐

Home Runs Allowed	19	‐

Strikeouts	113	‐

Walks	49	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

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


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
News
	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	The Cubs released RHP Liam Hendriks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Liam Hendriks threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Liam Hendriks has signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Twins have granted reliver Liam Hendriks his release. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Liam Hendriks (elbow) threw live batting practice on Monday - the first time he's faced hitters since undergoing surgery on his right elbow last September. David Leisering Mon, Feb 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Liam Hendriks RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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