Who Should I Trade?

Daison Acosta for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Daison Acosta RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 699	# 987

Projections

Strikeouts	7	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.77
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Daison Acosta RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Daison Acosta RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.18	4.77

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Daison Acosta RP - SD
News
	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	San Diego signed Acosta to a one-year contract in December. He posted a 4.71 ERA and 1.62 WHIP over 21.0 innings at Triple-A Rochester last season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Daison Acosta RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC

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