Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 373	# 782

Projections

Strikeouts	52	12
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.57
WHIP	1.39	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	3

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	103.2	4.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	3

Earned Runs	59	2

Home Runs Allowed	22	1

Strikeouts	65	2

Walks	41	4

ERA	5.12	4.15

WHIP	1.48	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	67.2	13.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	13

Earned Runs	35	7

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	52	12

Walks	23	5

ERA	4.71	4.57

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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