Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Jose Fermin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	# 323
VBR	# 715	# 596

Projections

Strikeouts	7	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.25
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 257

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	36.1

Wins	1	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	38	26

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	22	42

Walks	12	19

ERA	4.84	2.72

WHIP	1.42	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	16.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	10	15

Earned Runs	5	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	18

Walks	3	8

ERA	4.25	4.25

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Fermin RP - LAA
News
	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Righthander Jose Fermin was called back up by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 15th
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Angels have optioned right-hander Jose Fermin to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Angels recalled RHP José Fermín from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Fermin appeared in 40 games for Los Angeles last season. He allowed five runs on four hits and four walks across 3.2 innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Jose Fermin RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Jose Fermin (2026)

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