Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Seth Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Seth Lugo SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	# 110
VBR	# 463	# 384

Projections

Strikeouts	16	44
Wins	1	3
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.16	4.55
WHIP	1.41	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 115

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	# 103

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 123

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	# 116

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 191	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Seth Lugo SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	23

Games Started	0	23

Innings Pitched	44.1	128.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	6	7

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	39	133

Earned Runs	21	63

Home Runs Allowed	5	15

Strikeouts	53	99

Walks	20	45

ERA	4.26	4.41

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Seth Lugo SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	16.8	53.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	54

Earned Runs	8	27

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	16	44

Walks	7	18

ERA	4.16	4.55

WHIP	1.41	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Seth Lugo SP - KC
News
	Caleb Kilian has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Seth Lugo allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants. Chase Davis 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	Seth Lugo allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Royals right-hander Seth Lugo will start on Friday against the Padres. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
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 - PHI			Seth Lugo SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Seth Lugo (2026)

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