Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Michael Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Michael Kelly RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 306	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.25	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Michael Kelly RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	5

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	53.2	5.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	37	12

Earned Runs	19	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	87	6

Walks	22	6

ERA	3.19	16.20

WHIP	1.10	3.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Michael Kelly RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.25	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Michael Kelly RP - FA
News
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Athletics released RHP Michael Kelly. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Mason Montgomery threw a clean inning in a save on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Athletics have designated right-hander Michael Kelly for assignment. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Friday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Michael Kelly to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Athletics recalled RHP Michael Kelly from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Athletics optioned RHP Michael Kelly to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Michael Kelly RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Montgomery for Michael Kelly (2026)

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