Who Should I Trade?

Michael Kelly for Nick Mears (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Michael Kelly RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 386	‐
VBR	# 713	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.58	‐
WHIP	1.18	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Michael Kelly RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	6

Walks	11	6

ERA	5.12	16.20

WHIP	1.50	3.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Michael Kelly RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.58	‐

WHIP	1.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Michael Kelly RP - FA
News
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Athletics released RHP Michael Kelly. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Athletics have designated right-hander Michael Kelly for assignment. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Michael Kelly to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	The Athletics recalled RHP Michael Kelly from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Athletics optioned RHP Michael Kelly to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Michael Kelly RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Kelly for Nick Mears (2026)

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