Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Chase Lee RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 699	# 896

Projections

Strikeouts	7	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.46
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	38	2

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.84	8.10

WHIP	1.42	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	8

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	7

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.18	4.46

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Chase Lee RP - TOR
News
	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Chase Lee RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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