Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 374	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	53	1
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	3.80
WHIP	1.39	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 156	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	98.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	107	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	21	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.20	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	68.4	1.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	70	1

Earned Runs	36	1

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	53	1

Walks	23	1

ERA	4.70	3.80

WHIP	1.39	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
News
	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
	Merrill Kelly allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Merrill Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits, walked three, and struck out two as the Diamondbacks dropped a 3-2 decision to the Cardinals on Monday. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Merrill Kelly SP - ARI			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Merrill Kelly for Will Johnston (2026)

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