Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 946	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	4	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.57
WHIP	1.36	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

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


Games Played	17	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	6.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	15

Earned Runs	6	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	14	4

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.31	21.32

WHIP	1.29	3.32

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


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	8.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	9

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.53	4.57

WHIP	1.36	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
News
	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Athletics claimed Connor Thomas off waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	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
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Connor Thomas RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Zack Kelly (2026)

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