Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 665	# 814

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.25
WHIP	1.43	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 347	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	12.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	26	8

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	27	14

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.66	2.92

WHIP	1.31	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	9.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.52	4.25

WHIP	1.43	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for William Kempner (2026)

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