Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 107
VBR	# 415	# 386

Projections

Strikeouts	33	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	7
ERA	4.13	4.15
WHIP	1.36	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 61	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 126

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 206

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 114	# 80

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 147

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	40

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	39.1

Wins	7	2

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	81	37

Earned Runs	35	21

Home Runs Allowed	15	5

Strikeouts	93	48

Walks	34	18

ERA	3.44	4.81

WHIP	1.25	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	25

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	33.3	21.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	7

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	31	20

Earned Runs	15	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	33	20

Walks	12	9

ERA	4.13	4.15

WHIP	1.36	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
News
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw out to 90 feet on Saturday. Ari Koslow 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
	Connelly Early is scheduled to continue to throw on Friday and Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw over the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Connelly Early went for a second opinion that confirmed the diagnosis of posterior elbow inflammation/irritation. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) will see Dr. Keith Meister on Thursday for a second opinion after an MRI revealed he has posterior elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Connelly Early SP - BOS			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Connelly Early (2026)

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