Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 170	# 244
VBR	# 592	# 434

Projections

Strikeouts	17	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.49	3.94
WHIP	1.33	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	# 227

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 220

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	43

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	83.1	47.2

Wins	3	5

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	20

Hits Allowed	81	33

Earned Runs	46	12

Home Runs Allowed	18	4

Strikeouts	62	35

Walks	22	8

ERA	4.97	2.27

WHIP	1.24	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	23

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	20.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	21	20

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	17

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.49	3.94

WHIP	1.33	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Kevin Kelly RP - TB
News
	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			Kevin Kelly RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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