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Daniel Espino for Merrill Kelly (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI  | Daniel Espino SP - CLE  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 105 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 310 | # 782 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 89 | 19 |
| Wins | 7 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 4.25 |
| WHIP | 1.34 | 1.45 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 138 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 112 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 77 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 132 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 122 | ‐ |
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Daniel Espino SP - CLE | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 8 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 8 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 48.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 5 | ‐ |
| Losses | 3 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 48 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 28 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 31 | ‐ |
| Walks | 20 | ‐ |
| ERA | 5.25 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.42 | ‐ |
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Daniel Espino SP - CLE | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 19 | 20 |
| Games Started | 19 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 107.5 | 17.9 |
| Wins | 7 | 1 |
| Losses | 6 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 107 | 16 |
| Earned Runs | 52 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 15 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 89 | 19 |
| Walks | 35 | 9 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 4.25 |
| WHIP | 1.34 | 1.45 |
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Daniel Espino SP - CLE | |
| News | ||
| Merrill Kelly did not factor in the decision on Sunday after allowing two runs on eight hits in 5.1 innings against the Mariners. David Leisering Sun, May 31st | The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th | |
| Merrill Kelly tossed seven innings and allowed two runs on four hits, walked two, and struck out four as Arizona defeated San Francisco, 6-2, on Monday. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | ||
| Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st | ||
| Merrill Kelly went the distance on Friday, allowing a run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts as the Diamondbacks defeated the Rockies, 9-1. David Leisering Sat, May 16th | ||
| Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits, walked three, and struck out six over seven innings on Saturday as the Diamondbacks defeated the Mets, 2-1. David Leisering Sun, May 10th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Daniel Espino SP - CLE | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #160 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ PHI | Zach Pop | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs COL | Zach Agnos | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ MIA | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | ||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CIN | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ TB | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SF | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SF | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIL | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIL | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIL | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ SD | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ SD | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ SD | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs STL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs STL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs STL | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ WSH | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ WSH | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ WSH | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ PIT | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ PIT | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ PIT | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CLE | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CLE | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CLE | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAD | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ ATL | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ ATL | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ ATL | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CHC | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CHC | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ SF | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ SF | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ SF | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs PHI | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs PHI | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs MIA | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIA | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIA | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ COL | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ COL | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ COL | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SD | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SD | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SD | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs COL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ BOS | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ SF | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | |||||
