Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 379	# 902

Projections

Strikeouts	53	13
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.76
WHIP	1.39	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	2

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	98.2	4.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	7

Earned Runs	57	6

Home Runs Allowed	21	1

Strikeouts	62	6

Walks	40	10

ERA	5.20	11.57

WHIP	1.49	3.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	2

Innings Pitched	68.6	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	15

Earned Runs	36	8

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	53	13

Walks	23	7

ERA	4.70	4.76

WHIP	1.39	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	George Klassen SP - LAA
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	The Angels optioned RHP George Klassen to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	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	George Klassen left Saturday’s start against the Reds with a right index fingernail contusion. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	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	George Klassen lasted just 2.2 innings in his major league debut on Sunday after allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. The Angels went on to defeat the Mariners, 8-7, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
	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 Angels selected the contract of RHP George Klassen from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Angels have reassigned right-hander George Klassen to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			George Klassen SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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