Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 231	‐
VBR	# 408	# 768

Projections

Strikeouts	20	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.00	4.24
WHIP	1.27	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	46.1	20.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	19	1

Hits Allowed	33	22

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	34	17

Walks	8	8

ERA	2.33	2.66

WHIP	0.88	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.4	13.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	23	14

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	12

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.00	4.24

WHIP	1.27	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	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	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Kevin Kelly and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed to a $925K contract in 2026 to avoid arbitration. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
		Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Kelly RP - TB			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Kelly for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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