Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 32	# 111
VBR	# 122	# 401

Projections

Strikeouts	65	54
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.73
WHIP	1.20	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 201

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 22	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	18

Games Started	18	18

Innings Pitched	110.0	102.2

Wins	7	5

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	120	96

Earned Runs	46	47

Home Runs Allowed	11	15

Strikeouts	98	86

Walks	24	32

ERA	3.76	4.12

WHIP	1.31	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	68.0	65.7

Wins	5	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	65	68

Earned Runs	29	35

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	65	54

Walks	14	22

ERA	3.81	4.73

WHIP	1.20	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Bryce Elder allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out two over four-plus innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on seven hits over eight innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on just two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#77	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for George Kirby (2026)

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