Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 107	# 299
VBR	# 379	# 424

Projections

Strikeouts	19	41
Wins	1	2
Saves	6	0
ERA	4.08	4.98
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	6

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	41.1	22.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	6	4

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	37	27

Earned Runs	21	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	49	14

Walks	18	11

ERA	4.57	10.23

WHIP	1.33	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	12

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	20.9	44.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	45

Earned Runs	9	25

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	19	41

Walks	8	14

ERA	4.08	4.98

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
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 Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 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	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
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			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Max Scherzer (2026)

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