Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Jose Suarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 294	# 367
VBR	# 528	# 621

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.22	4.39
WHIP	1.39	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 298	# 348

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 281	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	30

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	31.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	56	26

Earned Runs	26	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	58	29

Walks	22	12

ERA	4.42	4.35

WHIP	1.47	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	17.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	22	15

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.22	4.39

WHIP	1.39	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	José Suarez will open the game on Thursday for the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Athletics activated LHP José Suarez from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Athletics have placed left-hander Jose Suarez on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	José Suarez is officially on the Athletics roster. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	The Mariners traded Jose Suarez to the Athletics for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Suarez RP - ATH			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Jose Suarez (2026)

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