Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 185	# 158
VBR	# 413	# 543

Projections

Strikeouts	11	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.65
WHIP	1.32	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 166

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 179	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	25

Games Started	6	25

Innings Pitched	96.1	141.2

Wins	7	9

Losses	4	12

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	80	146

Earned Runs	36	80

Home Runs Allowed	10	26

Strikeouts	83	95

Walks	38	64

ERA	3.36	5.08

WHIP	1.22	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	11.6	22.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	23

Earned Runs	5	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	11	17

Walks	4	8

ERA	4.04	4.65

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th	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
	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	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
	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	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
	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th	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
	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#260	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#393	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#392
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#354
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#393
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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