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Kevin Kelly for Mason Black (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Kevin Kelly RP - TB  | Mason Black SP,RP - KC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 223 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 389 | # 1008 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 34 | 22 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 2 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 4.78 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.49 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 188 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 248 | ‐ |
| Kevin Kelly RP - TB | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 25 | 5 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.2 | 6.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 11 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 14 | 7 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 2 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 18 | 7 |
| Walks | 5 | 3 |
| ERA | 2.81 | 2.70 |
| WHIP | 0.74 | 1.50 |
| Kevin Kelly RP - TB | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 41 | 28 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 38.8 | 27.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 10 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 28 |
| Earned Runs | 16 | 14 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 34 | 22 |
| Walks | 10 | 11 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 4.78 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.49 |
| Kevin Kelly RP - TB | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |
| News | ||
| Kevin Kelly recorded his second save of the season in Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, tossing a 1-2-3 10th inning. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 5th | The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th | |
| Kevin Kelly was called upon to record the final out against Blake Perkins and secured the save on five pitches, inducing a game-ending groundout to preserve a 3-2 win for the Tampa Bay Rays over the Milwaukee Brewers and earn his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 31st | The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th | The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th | |
| Righthander Mason Black has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Kevin Kelly RP - TB | Mason Black SP,RP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Ty Madden | #279 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | ||||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | |||||
