Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 463	# 826

Projections

Strikeouts	16	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.16	4.12
WHIP	1.41	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 191	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
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 - PHI	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.8	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.16	4.12

WHIP	1.41	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	Caleb Kilian has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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 - PHI			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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