Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	# 158
VBR	# 431	# 461

Projections

Strikeouts	19	21
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.73
WHIP	1.37	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 166

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	25

Games Started	12	25

Innings Pitched	109.0	141.2

Wins	7	9

Losses	6	12

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	120	146

Earned Runs	50	80

Home Runs Allowed	9	26

Strikeouts	87	95

Walks	36	64

ERA	4.13	5.08

WHIP	1.43	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	4	5

Innings Pitched	23.1	27.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	28

Earned Runs	11	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	19	21

Walks	8	10

ERA	4.12	4.73

WHIP	1.37	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed one (unearned) run on one hit over 3 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Merrill Kelly allowed two hits over seven scoreless frames with seven strikeouts and four walks in a win on Saturday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed three runs on five hits over three innings with four steps on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on eight hits over three innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on five hits over 2 1/3 innings with one strikeout and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on six hits over five innings with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed five runs on seven hits over three innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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