Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN	William Kempner RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 930	# 1014

Projections

Strikeouts	8	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.60
WHIP	1.45	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 481	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	17	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	28	14

Walks	28	4

ERA	5.53	2.92

WHIP	1.77	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.4	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.55	4.60

WHIP	1.45	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
		The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for William Kempner (2026)

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