Who Should I Trade?

Brandyn Garcia for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 243	# 229
VBR	# 385	# 345

Projections

Strikeouts	15	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	3
ERA	3.81	3.71
WHIP	1.26	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 230	# 390

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 314

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 86

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	31.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	4	3

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	22	13

Hits Allowed	34	18

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	42	36

Walks	9	7

ERA	2.08	2.03

WHIP	0.83	0.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	17.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	17	15

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	17

Walks	4	7

ERA	3.81	3.71

WHIP	1.26	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Brandyn Garcia 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	Brandyn Garcia pitched a clean inning for the save on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Brandyn Garcia earned the save on Wednesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Brandyn Garcia struck out one batter in 1/3 of an inning in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Brandyn Garcia from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
		The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Brandyn Garcia to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Brandyn Garcia RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#262	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ 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)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
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?

Brandyn Garcia for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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