Who Should I Trade?

Gunnar Hoglund for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 393	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	44	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.69	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 186	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Gunnar Hoglund SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	109.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	116	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	4.86	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Gunnar Hoglund SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	56.4	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	58	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.69	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Gunnar Hoglund SP - ATH
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed one (unearned) run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Gunnar Hoglund underwent successful season-ending hip surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 22nd
	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	Gunnar Hoglund has been shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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	Gunnar Hoglund received a cortisone shot in left hip on May 1. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	Gunnar Hoglund has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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	Hoglund is recovering from a lumbar spine strain with no clear indication of where he stands in his rehab. The Athletics transferred him to the 60-day IL Tuesday, making him ineligible to return before late May. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Gunnar Hoglund SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

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Gunnar Hoglund for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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