Who Should I Trade?

Brady Basso for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 232	‐
VBR	# 407	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	20	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.00	4.25
WHIP	1.27	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 204	# 416

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brady Basso RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	5.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	19	1

Hits Allowed	33	11

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	34	4

Walks	8	1

ERA	2.33	10.13

WHIP	0.88	2.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brady Basso RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.4	19.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	2

Hits Allowed	23	20

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	20	17

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.00	4.25

WHIP	1.27	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brady Basso RP - ATH
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 Athletics recalled LHP Brady Basso from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	The Athletics optioned Brady Basso to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	The Athletics have recalled left-hander Brady Basso from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Athletics optioned LHP Brady Basso to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
		The Athletics recalled Brady Basso from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Brady Basso RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brady Basso for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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