Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN	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	# 1063	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.00	‐
WHIP	1.61	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 481	# 482

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


Games Played	25	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	16.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	21	14

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	28	14

Walks	28	7

ERA	5.53	3.31

WHIP	1.77	1.29

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


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.00	‐

WHIP	1.61	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Phillips RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
		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
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			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Zack Kelly (2026)

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