Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 380	# 907

Projections

Strikeouts	49	8
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.24
WHIP	1.39	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	5

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	103.2	4.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	6

Earned Runs	59	5

Home Runs Allowed	22	1

Strikeouts	65	4

Walks	41	4

ERA	5.12	9.64

WHIP	1.48	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.8	8.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	66	8

Earned Runs	34	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	49	8

Walks	21	4

ERA	4.73	4.24

WHIP	1.39	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	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 reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	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
	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
	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
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SF
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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