Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 548	# 739

Projections

Strikeouts	35	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.47
WHIP	1.48	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 209	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	# 385

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	103.2	21.0

Wins	7	2

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	100	20

Earned Runs	50	11

Home Runs Allowed	14	2

Strikeouts	87	18

Walks	41	8

ERA	4.34	4.71

WHIP	1.36	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	18

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	43.5	13.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	44	13

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	35	12

Walks	17	6

ERA	4.50	4.47

WHIP	1.48	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
News
	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	The Rangers selected the contract of LHP Robby Ahlstrom from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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	The Rangers reassigned LHP Robby Ahlstrom to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	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
	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

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