Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Valente Bellozo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 393	# 1103

Projections

Strikeouts	42	3
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	5.57
WHIP	1.40	1.60

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Valente Bellozo SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	114.1	10.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	124	10

Earned Runs	64	9

Home Runs Allowed	23	5

Strikeouts	76	8

Walks	46	7

ERA	5.04	7.59

WHIP	1.49	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Valente Bellozo SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	5.9

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	7

Earned Runs	28	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	42	3

Walks	18	2

ERA	4.71	5.57

WHIP	1.40	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Valente Bellozo SP,RP - COL
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 Rockies sent RHP Valente Bellozo outright to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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 Rockies optioned Valente Bellozo to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	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 Rockies recalled Valente Bellozo from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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 Rockies selected the contract of RHP Valente Bellozo and optioned him to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 26th
	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	Valente Bellozo has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Colorado Rockies. David Leisering Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Valente Bellozo SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Valente Bellozo (2026)

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