Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 226
VBR	# 325	# 379

Projections

Strikeouts	12	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.42	3.77
WHIP	1.28	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	# 132

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 220

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	59

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	63.2

Wins	5	6

Losses	3	3

Saves	6	4

Blown Saves	2	3

Holds	9	28

Hits Allowed	37	42

Earned Runs	19	14

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	89	50

Walks	22	11

ERA	3.13	1.98

WHIP	1.08	0.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	9.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	9

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.42	3.77

WHIP	1.28	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
News
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Kevin Kelly pitched a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals to earn his third save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
	Mason Montgomery threw a clean inning in a save on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Friday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#269
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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