Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Kevin Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 243	‐
VBR	# 385	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.81	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 230	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	52.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	22	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.08	‐

WHIP	0.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.81	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
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	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	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	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#262	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
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
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Kevin Kelly (2026)

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