Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	# 158
VBR	# 524	# 543

Projections

Strikeouts	17	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.66
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 98	# 166

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	26	25

Innings Pitched	149.0	141.2

Wins	8	9

Losses	8	12

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	140	146

Earned Runs	68	80

Home Runs Allowed	24	26

Strikeouts	121	95

Walks	49	64

ERA	4.11	5.08

WHIP	1.27	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	4	4

Innings Pitched	21.1	22.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	23

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	17	17

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.70	4.66

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Grant Holmes will start for the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Merrill Kelly allowed two hits over seven scoreless frames with seven strikeouts and four walks in a win on Saturday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Bryce Elder was tagged for five runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out three over 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 7-3 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 1st	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Bryce Elder gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 26th	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Bryce Elder gave up just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 5-3 win against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on six hits over five innings with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Bryce Elder allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#140
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#358	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#266
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#272	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#111	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#399
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#183	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#198
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#249
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#340
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#338
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Anthony Molina		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#172
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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