Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 157	# 179
VBR	# 400	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.71	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	# 193

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	# 197

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	# 246

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	20	14

Innings Pitched	114.1	70.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	9	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	124	69

Earned Runs	64	40

Home Runs Allowed	23	7

Strikeouts	76	57

Walks	46	23

ERA	5.04	5.12

WHIP	1.49	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	54.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.71	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
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 Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 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	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	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	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#229	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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