Who Should I Trade?

Ky Bush for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ky Bush SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 356	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.72	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ky Bush SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	114.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	124	‐

Earned Runs	64	‐

Home Runs Allowed	23	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Walks	46	‐

ERA	5.04	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ky Bush SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	52.9	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	54	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.72	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ky Bush SP - CWS
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	White Sox left-hander Ky Bush (elbow) has progressed to throwing long toss. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one (unearned) run on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Chicago White Sox placed Ky Bush on the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 11th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Merrill Kelly allowed one run on three hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Ky Bush SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ky Bush for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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