Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 141	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	31	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	12	0
ERA	2.85	4.05
WHIP	1.09	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	16.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	40	14

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	67	14

Walks	11	7

ERA	2.63	3.31

WHIP	1.06	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.6	4.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	31	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	2.85	4.05

WHIP	1.09	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Zack Kelly (2026)

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