Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Packy Naughton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 424	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	47	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.70	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 186	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	109.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	116	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	4.86	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	60.3	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	62	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.70	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
News
	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	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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	The Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Packy Naughton (2026)

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