Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Scott Barlow (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 212	# 381
VBR	# 475	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.45	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 212	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 310	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	# 378

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


Games Played	29	36

Games Started	27	0

Innings Pitched	141.0	33.1

Wins	9	2

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	142	26

Earned Runs	71	24

Home Runs Allowed	20	7

Strikeouts	116	29

Walks	50	19

ERA	4.53	6.48

WHIP	1.36	1.35

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


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	15.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Scott Barlow RP - FA
News
	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 Royals released RHP Scott Barlow. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	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	Scott Barlow has agreed to a minor league contract with the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Scott Barlow was released by the Athletics on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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 Athletics designated RHP Scott Barlow for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Scott Barlow has agreed to a one-year deal with the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Feb 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Scott Barlow RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
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 (2-9)	#156
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
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)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
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 Scott Barlow (2026)

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