Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Ginkel for Sam Hentges (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Sam Hentges RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 285	# 313
VBR	# 457	# 508

Projections

Strikeouts	20	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.04	3.73
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	# 237

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	# 407

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Sam Hentges RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	21.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	10	6

Hits Allowed	39	17

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	43	24

Walks	12	16

ERA	3.18	2.53

WHIP	1.13	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Sam Hentges RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	18.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	18

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.04	3.73

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Sam Hentges RP - SF
News
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	The Giants activated RHP Sam Hentges from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	Sam Hentges threw live batting practice in Arizona on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	The Giants placed LHP Sam Hentges on the 15-day injured list following right knee and left shoulder surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th	Sam Hentges is scheduled to throw at least one more bullpen session. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Sam Hentges RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Ginkel for Sam Hentges (2026)

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