Who Should I Trade?

Max Fried for Merrill Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 157
VBR	# 93	# 400

Projections

Strikeouts	50	43
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.35	4.71
WHIP	1.22	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 49	# 162

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 195

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	20

Games Started	13	20

Innings Pitched	75.0	114.1

Wins	4	8

Losses	3	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	124

Earned Runs	26	64

Home Runs Allowed	1	23

Strikeouts	68	76

Walks	23	46

ERA	3.12	5.04

WHIP	0.99	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	53.4	54.5

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	56

Earned Runs	20	28

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	50	43

Walks	16	18

ERA	3.35	4.71

WHIP	1.22	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Max Fried allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Max Fried allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over three innings in Monday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Max Fried allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Max Fried for Merrill Kelly (2026)

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