Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Julian Merryweather (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 685	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.50	‐
WHIP	1.45	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	30.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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