Who Should I Trade?

Michael Kelly for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 320	‐
VBR	# 513	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.40	‐
WHIP	1.20	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Michael Kelly RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	29	12

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	33	6

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.91	16.20

WHIP	1.45	3.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Michael Kelly RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.8	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.40	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Michael Kelly RP - FA
News
	Shawn Armstrong made a rehab appearance on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Athletics released RHP Michael Kelly. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Athletics have designated right-hander Michael Kelly for assignment. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Michael Kelly to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Athletics recalled RHP Michael Kelly from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE			Michael Kelly RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#232
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#348
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#348
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#345
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#200
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#257
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#384
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#276
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#119
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#236
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#230
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#348
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Kelly for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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