Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 424	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	47	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.86
WHIP	1.39	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 186	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	109.1	5.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	4

Earned Runs	59	2

Home Runs Allowed	22	1

Strikeouts	71	6

Walks	42	6

ERA	4.86	3.18

WHIP	1.45	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	60.3	8.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	8

Earned Runs	31	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	47	7

Walks	20	4

ERA	4.70	4.86

WHIP	1.39	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed one (unearned) run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#216
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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