Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Nathan Eovaldi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 149
VBR	# 117	# 373

Projections

Strikeouts	64	52
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.72
WHIP	1.19	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 25	# 159

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 45	# 160

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	# 153

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 25	# 156

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	19	18

Innings Pitched	115.1	103.2

Wins	9	8

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	112

Earned Runs	54	59

Home Runs Allowed	22	22

Strikeouts	122	65

Walks	28	41

ERA	4.21	5.12

WHIP	1.21	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	12

Innings Pitched	64.8	66.9

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	69

Earned Runs	27	35

Home Runs Allowed	8	10

Strikeouts	64	52

Walks	16	22

ERA	3.72	4.72

WHIP	1.19	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
News
	Nathan Eovaldi allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Nathan Eovaldi is feeling under the weather coming out of the All-Star break, but he could start Sunday against the Braves. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Thursday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on six hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out nine and generated 18 swinging strikes. Eovaldi opened with four scoreless frames before surrendering two home runs in the fifth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Merrill Kelly allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Sunday against the Padres, allowing three runs on seven hits over six innings. He struck out a season-high nine batters. Eovaldi had his start pushed back by one day due to knee soreness and allowed all three runs in the fourth inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX			Merrill Kelly SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Nathan Eovaldi (2026)

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