Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 450	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.00	4.25
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	6.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	36	7

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	42	5

Walks	12	3

ERA	3.21	1.35

WHIP	1.14	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.7	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	23	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.00	4.25

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
News
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	Brewers left-hander Brian Fitzpatrick has undergone Tommy John surgery, according to manager Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Brewers transferred LHP Brian Fitzpatrick to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	Brian Fitzpatrick has a partial UCL sprain and will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Brian Fitzpatrick will head for a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
		The Brewers placed LHP Brian Fitzpatrick on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
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 Ginkel RP - ARI			Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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