Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Sam Benschoter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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	17	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.19	3.53
WHIP	1.40	1.57

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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.36	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.4	1.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	18	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.19	3.53

WHIP	1.40	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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
	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
	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
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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