Who Should I Trade?

Blake Walston for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Blake Walston RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 231	‐
VBR	# 408	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.00	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	46.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	19	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	2.33	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.00	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Blake Walston RP - ARI
News
	Kevin Kelly pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals to earn his third save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Diamondbacks placed LHP Blake Walston on the 60-day injured list following UCL surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Kevin Kelly recorded his second save of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, tossing a 1-2-3 10th inning. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 5th
	Kevin Kelly was called upon to record the final out against Blake Perkins and secured the save on five pitches, inducing a game-ending groundout to preserve a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Rays over the Milwaukee Brewers and earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 31st
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Blake Walston RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Walston for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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