Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 367
VBR	# 306	# 685

Projections

Strikeouts	58	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.50
WHIP	1.33	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 348

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	29

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	79.2	30.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	83	26

Earned Runs	45	15

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	81	29

Walks	26	12

ERA	5.08	4.50

WHIP	1.37	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	22

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	58.3	17.7

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	55	15

Earned Runs	29	9

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	58	20

Walks	19	9

ERA	4.48	4.50

WHIP	1.33	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Phillies, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five while throwing 63 of his 95 pitches for strikes and generating 16 whiffs. Philadelphia scored in the first, third, and fourth innings, with the final run coming home after a throwing error by AJ Ewing. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th	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
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Sean Manaea (2026)

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