Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 367
VBR	# 676	# 624

Projections

Strikeouts	16	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.35
WHIP	1.51	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 351

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 408	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	30

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	31.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	44	26

Earned Runs	23	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	40	29

Walks	16	12

ERA	5.09	4.35

WHIP	1.48	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	17

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.21	4.35

WHIP	1.51	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	The Mets selected the contract of LHP Cionel Pérez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Mets signed LHP Cionel Pérez to a minor-league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Cionel Perez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Nationals sent LHP Cionel Pérez outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	Cionel Pérez has been informed that he has made the Washington Nationals Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

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