Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 228	# 315
VBR	‐	# 569

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	15
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	2
ERA	‐	4.60
WHIP	‐	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 209	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 265	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	# 247

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.1	32.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	1	4

Saves	3	3

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	13	2

Hits Allowed	29	25

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	32	15

Walks	13	11

ERA	4.02	3.03

WHIP	1.34	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	22

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	19.3

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	2

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	5

Hits Allowed	‐	19

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	4.60

WHIP	‐	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Trent Thornton RP - CHC
News
	Brad Keller underwent a right elbow UCL reconstruction surgery with an internal brace and flexor tendon repair. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Phillies transferred Brad Keller to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Philadelphia Phillies have placed Brad Keller on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Brad Keller will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
	Brad Keller threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brad Keller RP - PHI			Trent Thornton RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Trent Thornton (2026)

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