Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 148	‐
VBR	# 395	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	49	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.73	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	5

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	103.2	9.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	7

Earned Runs	59	7

Home Runs Allowed	22	4

Strikeouts	65	8

Walks	41	6

ERA	5.12	6.75

WHIP	1.48	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	63.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	4.73	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	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	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	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	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	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	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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 Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 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	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ken Waldichuk for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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