Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 643	# 768

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.54
WHIP	1.42	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 347	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	48.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	26	46

Earned Runs	15	25

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	27	38

Walks	12	18

ERA	4.66	4.62

WHIP	1.31	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	18.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.44	4.54

WHIP	1.42	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	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
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs BAL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

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Craig Kimbrel for Ryan Watson (2026)

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