Who Should I Trade?

Keegan Akin for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	# 298
VBR	# 379	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	53	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.70	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	# 289

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 296

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


Games Played	17	24

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	98.2	25.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	28

Earned Runs	57	16

Home Runs Allowed	21	3

Strikeouts	62	17

Walks	40	9

ERA	5.20	5.68

WHIP	1.49	1.46

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


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	68.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	71	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.70	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	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	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	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	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	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	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
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out two as the Diamondbacks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cardinals on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Keegan Akin for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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