Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Griffin Canning (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 32	# 259
VBR	# 114	# 497

Projections

Strikeouts	51	27
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	4.59
WHIP	1.20	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 235

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 280

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	21	11

Innings Pitched	127.0	67.0

Wins	8	3

Losses	9	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	135	72

Earned Runs	53	49

Home Runs Allowed	15	13

Strikeouts	110	67

Walks	26	32

ERA	3.76	6.58

WHIP	1.27	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	53.8	29.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	28

Earned Runs	23	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	51	27

Walks	11	12

ERA	3.82	4.59

WHIP	1.20	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
News
	George Kirby allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Griffin Canning allowed one hit over three scoreless innings with four strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Jeff Passan reports multiple teams have engaged the Mariners in a potential trade for George Kirby. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Griffin Canning allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits over 2 2/3 innings with four strikeouts in a loss on Thursday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Griffin Canning allowed four runs on five hits over 3 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Padres right-hander Griffin Canning will start on Saturday against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Griffin Canning allowed two runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts in a loss on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Griffin Canning (2026)

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