Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	# 164
VBR	# 386	# 411

Projections

Strikeouts	20	38
Wins	1	2
Saves	7	0
ERA	4.15	4.42
WHIP	1.38	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	# 195

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 186

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	15

Games Started	0	15

Innings Pitched	39.1	80.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	6	7

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	37	80

Earned Runs	21	48

Home Runs Allowed	5	14

Strikeouts	48	83

Walks	18	35

ERA	4.81	5.40

WHIP	1.40	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	8

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	21.8	39.5

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	36

Earned Runs	10	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	20	38

Walks	9	16

ERA	4.15	4.42

WHIP	1.38	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
News
	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	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Leiter has a 4.69 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and 76:31 K:BB across 71 innings over 13 starts this season. He had won back-to-back starts entering Saturday, including a 10-strikeout performance over 5.2 scoreless innings his previous outing, before three scoreless frames against Cleveland gave way to a Jose Ramirez solo homer in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Jack Leiter (2026)

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