Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Ginkel for Zak Kent (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 446	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.98	4.58
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	14.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	36	18

Earned Runs	15	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	43	11

Walks	12	7

ERA	3.14	6.28

WHIP	1.12	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	8.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.98	4.58

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Zak Kent RP - WSH
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 Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
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 (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
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
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
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
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
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 (4-9)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
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
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 (10-4)	#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
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
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
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#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 (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
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
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
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
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 (2-5)	#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
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 (8-5)	#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 (9-4)	#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
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
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 (7-4)	#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 (3-9)	#142	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#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
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
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	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#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
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ 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
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
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
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
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Ginkel for Zak Kent (2026)

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