Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 725	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	7.89
WHIP	1.40	0.88

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
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	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	3	0

ERA	4.24	7.89

WHIP	1.40	0.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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
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			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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