Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 244	# 340
VBR	# 410	# 715

Projections

Strikeouts	17	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.81	4.25
WHIP	1.26	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	# 323

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 340

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.2	35.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	6

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	21	5

Hits Allowed	33	38

Earned Runs	12	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	40	22

Walks	8	12

ERA	2.17	4.84

WHIP	0.83	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.3	10.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.81	4.25

WHIP	1.26	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
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	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
		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
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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