Who Should I Trade?

Cole Wilcox for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 368	‐
VBR	# 1050	# 703

Projections

Strikeouts	6	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.11	4.31
WHIP	1.53	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	25.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	29	24

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	32	25

Walks	16	16

ERA	4.81	3.16

WHIP	1.34	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.0	14.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	5	14

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	12

Walks	3	6

ERA	5.11	4.31

WHIP	1.53	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
News
	Craig Kimbrel will be designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	The Mariners recalled Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Mariners optioned Cole Wilcox to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The Mariners recalled Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Cole Wilcox has been sent to Triple-A Tacoma by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Sun, Mar 22nd
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Wilcox for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

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