Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 33	# 137
VBR	# 122	# 274

Projections

Strikeouts	41	30
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	3.75
WHIP	1.22	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 204

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 153

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 30	# 83

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 116

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	23	11

Innings Pitched	136.2	63.1

Wins	8	5

Losses	9	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	147	47

Earned Runs	59	18

Home Runs Allowed	17	4

Strikeouts	114	49

Walks	31	21

ERA	3.89	2.56

WHIP	1.30	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	6

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	43.4	36.5

Wins	3	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	34

Earned Runs	18	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	41	30

Walks	9	14

ERA	3.83	3.75

WHIP	1.22	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Clay Holmes SP - CHC
News
	George Kirby allowed five runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	Clay Holmes allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th
	George Kirby allowed one run on four hits over five innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Clay Holmes allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one across four innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th
	George Kirby allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cubs activated RHP Clay Holmes from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	Jeff Passan reports multiple teams have engaged the Mariners in a potential trade for George Kirby. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Clay Holmes will take the hill for the Chicago Cubs against the Kansas City Royals Saturday according to Taylor McGregor. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Clay Holmes will make his next start in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Clay Holmes SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#225	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#305
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#267	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#278	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#177	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#171	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#233
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#267	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#336	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#171	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#364	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#308
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#101	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#154
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#203
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#339
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for George Kirby (2026)

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