Who Should I Trade?

Kade Strowd for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 306	‐
VBR	‐	# 924

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.27
WHIP	‐	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 299	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	1

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	25.1	1.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	1

Earned Runs	16	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Walks	9	3

ERA	5.68	9.00

WHIP	1.46	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.5

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.27

WHIP	‐	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Diamondbacks optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Kade Strowd complained of a "dead arm" during his Friday outing against the Washington Nationals and will undergo further testing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#298	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#371
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Kade Strowd for Keegan Akin (2026)

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