Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 158	# 180
VBR	# 485	# 959

Projections

Strikeouts	25	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	5.01
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	# 214

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 230

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 184

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	24

Games Started	24	24

Innings Pitched	134.2	118.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	12	12

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	128

Earned Runs	80	80

Home Runs Allowed	26	30

Strikeouts	88	92

Walks	60	49

ERA	5.35	6.08

WHIP	1.51	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	6

Innings Pitched	32.5	30.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	31

Earned Runs	17	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	25	25

Walks	11	11

ERA	4.68	5.01

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	Jeffrey Springs allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 25th
	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Jeffrey Springs allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on six hits over five innings with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	The Athletics activated LHP Jeffrey Springs from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Jeffrey Springs is expected to return to the Athletics this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Jeffrey Springs was scheduled to resume a throwing program this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 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			Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
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 (12-7)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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