Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 158	# 178
VBR	# 485	# 501

Projections

Strikeouts	25	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.28
WHIP	1.42	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	# 179

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 292

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	# 125

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


Games Played	24	15

Games Started	24	15

Innings Pitched	134.2	83.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	12	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	81

Earned Runs	80	46

Home Runs Allowed	26	18

Strikeouts	88	62

Walks	60	22

ERA	5.35	4.97

WHIP	1.51	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	32.5	12.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	13

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	25	11

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.68	4.28

WHIP	1.42	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
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	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 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	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
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)	#126	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
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 (2-4)	#74	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
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)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#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)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
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)	#242	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
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 (6-8)	#136	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
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)	#66	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ KC
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 Ryne Nelson (2026)

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