Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Caleb Kilian (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 107
VBR	# 467	# 394

Projections

Strikeouts	49	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	6
ERA	4.76	4.19
WHIP	1.41	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 202	# 80

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 85

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 164	# 147

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 206

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	# 126

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	42

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	113.2	41.1

Wins	6	3

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	105	37

Earned Runs	50	21

Home Runs Allowed	18	5

Strikeouts	98	49

Walks	37	18

ERA	3.96	4.57

WHIP	1.25	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	24

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	58.2	21.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	61	21

Earned Runs	31	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	49	20

Walks	19	9

ERA	4.76	4.19

WHIP	1.41	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
News
	Bryce Elder gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 26th	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four over six-plus innings in Monday's 3-2 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Bryce Elder will start Monday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. 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
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Caleb Kilian (2026)

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