Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 158
VBR	# 380	# 445

Projections

Strikeouts	16	22
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.64
WHIP	1.31	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	# 166

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	24

Games Started	18	24

Innings Pitched	95.1	134.2

Wins	8	8

Losses	4	12

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	144

Earned Runs	36	80

Home Runs Allowed	6	26

Strikeouts	91	88

Walks	24	60

ERA	3.40	5.35

WHIP	1.16	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	3	5

Innings Pitched	17.1	28.6

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	30

Earned Runs	8	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	16	22

Walks	6	10

ERA	4.08	4.64

WHIP	1.31	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Michael Soroka on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	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
	Michael Soroka allowed six runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	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
	Michael Soroka allowed two runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Michael Soroka allowed three hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	The Diamondbacks activated RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Michael Soroka (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation