Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Randy Vasquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Randy Vasquez SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	# 181
VBR	# 485	# 715

Projections

Strikeouts	25	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.71
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	# 203

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 340

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	# 118

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Randy Vasquez SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	25

Games Started	24	20

Innings Pitched	134.2	118.0

Wins	8	9

Losses	12	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	144	123

Earned Runs	80	55

Home Runs Allowed	26	15

Strikeouts	88	74

Walks	60	32

ERA	5.35	4.19

WHIP	1.51	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Randy Vasquez SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	6	3

Innings Pitched	32.5	23.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	24

Earned Runs	17	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	25	16

Walks	11	8

ERA	4.68	4.71

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Randy Vasquez SP,RP - SD
News
	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	Randy Vasquez allowed two runs on two hits over seven innings with three strikeouts in a win on Friday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	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	Randy Vasquez allowed four runs on seven hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Randy Vasquez allowed two runs on two hits over five innings with one strikeout in a win on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Randy Vasquez allowed two hits over six scoreless innings with one strikeout and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Randy Vasquez will start for the Padres on Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Randy Vasquez SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Randy Vasquez (2026)

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