Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 625	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	36	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.97
WHIP	1.48	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 209	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	103.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	100	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	87	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	4.34	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	3

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	44.5	5.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	6

Earned Runs	23	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	36	5

Walks	18	2

ERA	4.58	4.97

WHIP	1.48	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	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	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow 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	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	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	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
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			McCade Brown SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#415
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for McCade Brown (2026)

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