Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 24	# 149
VBR	# 133	# 381

Projections

Strikeouts	75	55
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.71
WHIP	1.26	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 50	# 159

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 31	# 153

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	17

Games Started	8	17

Innings Pitched	40.0	98.2

Wins	1	7

Losses	1	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	107

Earned Runs	18	57

Home Runs Allowed	5	21

Strikeouts	43	62

Walks	28	40

ERA	4.05	5.20

WHIP	1.45	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	69.0	71.5

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	74

Earned Runs	28	37

Home Runs Allowed	8	11

Strikeouts	75	55

Walks	25	24

ERA	3.62	4.71

WHIP	1.26	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Hunter Brown allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer 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
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. 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
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 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
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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
	Hunter Brown allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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