Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Lucas Giolito (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 110	# 186
VBR	# 435	# 863

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.05	4.89
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	# 141

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 143

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	7

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	43.1	29.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	38	32

Earned Runs	21	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	51	18

Walks	20	23

ERA	4.36	5.16

WHIP	1.34	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	3

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	18.3	17.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.05	4.89

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
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 Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. 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	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
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			Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Lucas Giolito (2026)

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