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Grant Holmes for Merrill Kelly (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI  | Grant Holmes SP - ATL  | |
Expert |
80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts |
20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 105 | # 161 |
| VBR | # 310 | # 417 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 89 | 81 |
| Wins | 7 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 4.33 |
| WHIP | 1.34 | 1.39 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 138 | # 177 |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 112 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 77 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 132 | # 206 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 122 | # 89 |
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Grant Holmes SP - ATL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 8 | 11 |
| Games Started | 8 | 11 |
| Innings Pitched | 48.0 | 57.0 |
| Wins | 5 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 48 | 51 |
| Earned Runs | 28 | 25 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 31 | 53 |
| Walks | 20 | 25 |
| ERA | 5.25 | 3.95 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.33 |
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Grant Holmes SP - ATL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 19 | 25 |
| Games Started | 19 | 13 |
| Innings Pitched | 107.5 | 83.8 |
| Wins | 7 | 4 |
| Losses | 6 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 107 | 80 |
| Earned Runs | 52 | 40 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 15 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 89 | 81 |
| Walks | 35 | 34 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 4.33 |
| WHIP | 1.34 | 1.39 |
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Grant Holmes SP - ATL | |
| News | ||
| Merrill Kelly tossed seven innings and allowed two runs on four hits, walked two, and struck out four as Arizona defeated San Francisco, 6-2, on Monday. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | Grant Holmes was tagged for three runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's 8-3 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th | |
| Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st | Grant Holmes allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while racking up 10 strikeouts over five innings in Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 24th | |
| Merrill Kelly went the distance on Friday, allowing a run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts as the Diamondbacks defeated the Rockies, 9-1. David Leisering Sat, May 16th | Grant Holmes fired six scoreless innings in Sunday's 8-1 win over the Red Sox, giving up five hits and one walk while striking out four. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th | |
| Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits, walked three, and struck out six over seven innings on Saturday as the Diamondbacks defeated the Mets, 2-1. David Leisering Sun, May 10th | Grant Holmes allowed two runs on just one hit and four walks while striking out five across four innings in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th | |
| Merrill Kelly continued his struggles on Sunday as he pitched 4.1 innings and allowed six runs on eight hits, walked three, and struck out five. David Leisering Mon, May 4th | Grant Holmes allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 8-6 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 2nd | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Merrill Kelly SP - ARI | Grant Holmes SP - ATL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #160 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #115 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ PHI | Zach Pop | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #257 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ LAD | Blake Snell (0-1) | #64 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs COL | Zach Agnos | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #204 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | vs TOR | Austin Voth | |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ MIA | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | ||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ MIA | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ MIA | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs LAA | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs LAA | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ STL | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ STL | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ STL | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ SD | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ SD | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ SD | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ LAD | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ LAD | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ LAD | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs STL | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs STL | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs STL | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs ATH | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs ATH | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs ATH | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAD | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAD | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAD | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs COL | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs COL | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs COL | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ BOS | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BOS | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BOS | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CHC | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CHC | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ SF | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ SF | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ SF | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ SF | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs PHI | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ HOU | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ HOU | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ HOU | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ KC | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs TEX | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs TEX | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs TEX | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs MIA | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIA | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIA | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SD | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | ||||
| Mon, May 25th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | |||||
