Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Tanner Rainey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 690	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	5.00
WHIP	1.46	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

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	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.6	3.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	15	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	4

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.51	5.00

WHIP	1.46	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Tanner Rainey to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			Tanner Rainey RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Tanner Rainey (2026)

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