Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 7	# 107
VBR	# 57	# 386

Projections

Strikeouts	82	20
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	7
ERA	3.22	4.15
WHIP	1.17	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 80

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 126

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 147

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 206

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


Games Played	18	40

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	105.0	39.1

Wins	10	2

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	86	37

Earned Runs	24	21

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	123	48

Walks	25	18

ERA	2.06	4.81

WHIP	1.06	1.40

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


Games Played	12	25

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	68.4	21.8

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	7

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	58	20

Earned Runs	24	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	82	20

Walks	18	9

ERA	3.22	4.15

WHIP	1.17	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
News
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Chris Sale was tagged for three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across five-plus innings in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Chris Sale gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ TEX
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
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
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
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ 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
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
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Chris Sale (2026)

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