Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 231	‐
VBR	# 428	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	19	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.87	4.10
WHIP	1.26	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	47.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	20	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	2.27	‐

WHIP	0.86	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	22	3

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	19	3

Walks	5	1

ERA	3.87	4.10

WHIP	1.26	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Kevin Kelly pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals to earn his third save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Kevin Kelly recorded his second save of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, tossing a 1-2-3 10th inning. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 5th
	Kevin Kelly was called upon to record the final out against Blake Perkins and secured the save on five pitches, inducing a game-ending groundout to preserve a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Rays over the Milwaukee Brewers and earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 31st
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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