Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for T.J. Nichols (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	‐
VBR	# 371	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	6	0
ERA	4.06	3.95
WHIP	1.37	1.32

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	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	41.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.7	2.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.06	3.95

WHIP	1.37	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
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	The Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 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			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 16th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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