Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Luinder Avila (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	# 659	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.66	‐
WHIP	1.52	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 443	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 185	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	56.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	58	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	5.08	‐

WHIP	1.62	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	46.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.66	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
News
	Luinder Avila allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Mariners reassigned LHP Austin Kitchen to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
	Luinder Avila allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th
	Luinder Avila allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	Luinder Avila allowed one earned run on three hits and four walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	Luinder Avila allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Wednesday's win over the Nationals. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC			Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Luinder Avila (2026)

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