Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 704	# 608

Projections

Strikeouts	9	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.09
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 342

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	16.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	38	11

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.84	2.81

WHIP	1.42	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Dylan Smith RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.9	19.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	12	18

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	17

Walks	3	8

ERA	4.21	4.09

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Dylan Smith RP - SF
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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			Dylan Smith RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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