Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Jackson Kowar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	‐
VBR	# 456	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.10	5.19
WHIP	1.41	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.26	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	2.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	17	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.10	5.19

WHIP	1.41	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
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	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	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	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Jackson Kowar (2026)

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