Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 863	# 1054

Projections

Strikeouts	15	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.89	4.90
WHIP	1.46	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 316	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	17

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	29.2	16.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	32	14

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	18	14

Walks	23	7

ERA	5.16	3.31

WHIP	1.85	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	5

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	17.8	4.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	5

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	4

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.89	4.90

WHIP	1.46	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#256	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#226	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#353
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Zack Kelly (2026)

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