Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 392	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	45	11
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	5.69
WHIP	1.39	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 186	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	109.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	116	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	4.86	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	57.2	16.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	21

Earned Runs	30	11

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	45	11

Walks	19	4

ERA	4.67	5.69

WHIP	1.39	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed one (unearned) run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Texas Rangers on their minor league pact earlier in the day. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Rangers reassigned LHP Austin Gomber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Left-hander Austin Gomber will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, according to general manager Chris Young. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Gomber's contract includes an invitation to Spring Training next month. David Leisering Sun, Jan 25th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Austin Gomber SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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