Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 4	# 114
VBR	# 25	# 463

Projections

Strikeouts	64	16
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	3
ERA	2.81	4.16
WHIP	1.02	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 82

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	# 126

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 191

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 206

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	45

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	96.2	44.1

Wins	7	3

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	74	39

Earned Runs	30	21

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	116	53

Walks	14	20

ERA	2.79	4.26

WHIP	0.91	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	53.9	16.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	42	16

Earned Runs	17	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	64	16

Walks	11	7

ERA	2.81	4.16

WHIP	1.02	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Caleb Kilian has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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 Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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