Who Should I Trade?

Carson Fulmer for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 404	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.94	3.46
WHIP	1.31	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	40.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	23.7	1.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	24	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.94	3.46

WHIP	1.31	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
News
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	The Pirates have traded right-hander Carson Fulmer to the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Pirates reassigned RHP Carson Fulmer to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 24th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	Carson Fulmer agrees to a minor-league deal with the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Feb 23rd
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Apr 24th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Fulmer for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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