Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 949	# 811

Projections

Strikeouts	5	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.78	4.29
WHIP	1.40	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 331	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	16.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	14	14

Walks	3	7

ERA	5.28	3.31

WHIP	1.11	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.4	9.6

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	9

Walks	2	4

ERA	4.78	4.29

WHIP	1.40	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
		Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
		The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#265	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#92	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#124	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Zack Kelly (2026)

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