Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 110	# 154
VBR	# 456	# 399

Projections

Strikeouts	17	45
Wins	1	3
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.19	4.71
WHIP	1.40	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	# 159

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 186

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	19

Games Started	0	19

Innings Pitched	43.1	109.1

Wins	3	8

Losses	6	8

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	38	116

Earned Runs	21	59

Home Runs Allowed	5	22

Strikeouts	51	71

Walks	20	42

ERA	4.36	4.86

WHIP	1.34	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	0	10

Innings Pitched	18.4	58.0

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	4

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	59

Earned Runs	9	30

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	17	45

Walks	7	19

ERA	4.19	4.71

WHIP	1.40	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
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	Merrill Kelly allowed one (unearned) run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
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			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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