Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	‐
VBR	# 362	# 811

Projections

Strikeouts	34	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.86	4.29
WHIP	1.39	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	17

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.2	16.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	40	14

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	45	14

Walks	18	7

ERA	2.39	3.31

WHIP	1.10	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	40.3	9.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	9

Earned Runs	17	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	34	9

Walks	16	4

ERA	3.86	4.29

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Clay Holmes has been cleared to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Clay Holmes is expected to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Clay Holmes is expected to make a rehab start with High-A Brooklyn on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Clay Holmes threw a 40-pitch simulated session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	Clay Holmes will throw a bullpen session later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Zack Kelly (2026)

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