Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Robinson Ortiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 157	‐
VBR	# 400	# 919

Projections

Strikeouts	43	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.19
WHIP	1.39	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Robinson Ortiz SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	114.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	124	‐

Earned Runs	64	‐

Home Runs Allowed	23	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Walks	46	‐

ERA	5.04	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Robinson Ortiz SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	54.5	6.4

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	6

Earned Runs	28	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	43	6

Walks	18	3

ERA	4.71	4.19

WHIP	1.39	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Robinson Ortiz SP,RP - SEA
News
	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	The Mariners optioned Robinson Ortiz to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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	The Mariners recalled Robinson Ortiz from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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 Mariners optioned LHP Robinson Ortiz to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	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
	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
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Robinson Ortiz SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 24th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Robinson Ortiz (2026)

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