Who Should I Trade?

Emmet Sheehan for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emmet Sheehan SP - LAD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 52	# 154
VBR	# 193	# 395

Projections

Strikeouts	56	49
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.73
WHIP	1.24	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	# 158

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 56	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 48	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 47	# 186

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 97	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emmet Sheehan SP - LAD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	19	18

Innings Pitched	92.2	103.2

Wins	4	8

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	112

Earned Runs	51	59

Home Runs Allowed	17	22

Strikeouts	104	65

Walks	29	41

ERA	4.95	5.12

WHIP	1.25	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emmet Sheehan SP - LAD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	9	11

Innings Pitched	50.2	63.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	65

Earned Runs	23	33

Home Runs Allowed	8	10

Strikeouts	56	49

Walks	17	21

ERA	4.08	4.73

WHIP	1.24	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emmet Sheehan SP - LAD	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Emmet Sheehan allowed six earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Monday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Emmet Sheehan will start Monday's series opener against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Emmet Sheehan will start on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Emmet Sheehan allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Sunday's loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Emmet Sheehan allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Sunday's loss to the Padres. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emmet Sheehan SP - LAD			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Emmet Sheehan for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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