Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 243
VBR	# 461	# 385

Projections

Strikeouts	18	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	4.30	3.81
WHIP	1.33	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	# 230

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 220

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	53	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.2	52.0

Wins	4	5

Losses	1	3

Saves	5	4

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	14	22

Hits Allowed	28	34

Earned Runs	16	12

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	50	42

Walks	15	9

ERA	2.96	2.08

WHIP	0.88	0.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.1	17.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	15	17

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	18	15

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.30	3.81

WHIP	1.33	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th	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
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	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
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#262
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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