Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 381	# 766

Projections

Strikeouts	55	11
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.32
WHIP	1.39	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	17	4

Innings Pitched	98.2	17.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	19

Earned Runs	57	9

Home Runs Allowed	21	1

Strikeouts	62	10

Walks	40	11

ERA	5.20	4.76

WHIP	1.49	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	71.5	12.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	12

Earned Runs	37	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	55	11

Walks	24	6

ERA	4.71	4.32

WHIP	1.39	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out two as the Diamondbacks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cardinals on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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