Who Should I Trade?

Luis Gil for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 514	# 838

Projections

Strikeouts	15	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.77	4.35
WHIP	1.42	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Luis Gil SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	5

Games Started	26	4

Innings Pitched	147.2	21.1

Wins	9	1

Losses	13	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	153	16

Earned Runs	83	14

Home Runs Allowed	27	6

Strikeouts	99	12

Walks	64	12

ERA	5.06	5.91

WHIP	1.47	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Luis Gil SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	7

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	20	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.77	4.35

WHIP	1.42	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Luis Gil SP - NYY
News
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits over six innings with four strikeouts in a loss on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 5th	The Yankees recalled RHP Luis Gil from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Merrill Kelly allowed two hits over seven scoreless frames with seven strikeouts and four walks in a win on Saturday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Luis Gil worked 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	The Yankees activated RHP Luis Gil from the injured list at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Luis Gil is starting a rehab assignment at High-A Hudson Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Merrill Kelly allowed six runs on six hits over five innings with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Luis Gil was placed on the injured list at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre due to inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Luis Gil SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#239	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#402	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#366	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Gil for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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