Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 946	# 1111

Projections

Strikeouts	4	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	5.41
WHIP	1.36	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	20.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	22

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	14	17

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.31	3.92

WHIP	1.29	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	7.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.53	5.41

WHIP	1.36	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Blas Castano threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Zack Kelly (2026)

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