Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Tanner McDougal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 389	# 1070

Projections

Strikeouts	47	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.90
WHIP	1.39	1.56

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	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
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	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	60.6	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	5

Earned Runs	32	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	47	4

Walks	20	2

ERA	4.73	4.90

WHIP	1.39	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
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	Tanner McDougal is continuing to throw and build up. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal has resumed throwing again. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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
	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			Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Tanner McDougal (2026)

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