Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	# 224
VBR	# 473	# 512

Projections

Strikeouts	24	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.49
WHIP	1.40	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 209

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 132

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	23

Games Started	24	21

Innings Pitched	134.2	110.0

Wins	8	4

Losses	12	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	128

Earned Runs	80	62

Home Runs Allowed	26	17

Strikeouts	88	88

Walks	60	37

ERA	5.35	5.07

WHIP	1.51	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	31.0	14.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	14

Earned Runs	16	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	24	12

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.65	4.49

WHIP	1.40	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
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	Slade Cecconi is scheduled to throw a bullpen session this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	The Guardians placed Slade Cecconi on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Guardians will move Slade Cecconi to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Merrill Kelly left his start Friday because of a right leg cramp. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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