Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 700	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.10	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 318	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.10	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
News
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Mariners reassigned LHP Austin Kitchen to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Athletics designated Joel Kuhnel for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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