Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	William Kempner RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 548	# 807

Projections

Strikeouts	19	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.37
WHIP	1.28	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 361	# 391

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.1	12.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	4	14

Walks	5	4

ERA	8.10	2.92

WHIP	2.40	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.9	9.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	10

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.83	4.37

WHIP	1.28	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Bennett Sousa is rehabbing in Houston. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for William Kempner (2026)

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