Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 392	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	45	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	4.98
WHIP	1.39	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 186	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	10

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	109.1	20.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	116	19

Earned Runs	59	10

Home Runs Allowed	22	3

Strikeouts	71	15

Walks	42	16

ERA	4.86	4.43

WHIP	1.45	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.2	7.7

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	8

Earned Runs	30	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	45	7

Walks	19	4

ERA	4.67	4.98

WHIP	1.39	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed one (unearned) run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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