Who Should I Trade?

Jarred Kelenic for Kahlil Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1229	‐

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.218	.100

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 349	# 453

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	61

Runs	6	5

Hits	21	13

Singles	14	10

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	11	4

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	3	8

Strikeouts	32	25

Batting Average	.239	.213

On Base Pct	.264	.304

Slugging Pct	.341	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.605	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	21	5

Runs	3	1

Hits	5	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	7	2

Batting Average	.218	.100

On Base Pct	.285	.182

Slugging Pct	.378	.100

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.282

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
News
	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rangers re-signed OF Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	The Rangers released OF Jarred Kelenic. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th	The Rangers signed Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Jarred Kelenic has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	Jarred Kelenic was designated for assignment by the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE			Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#370
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jarred Kelenic for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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