Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 371	# 751

Projections

Strikeouts	46	12
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.64
WHIP	1.39	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	35

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	113.2	55.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	112	54

Earned Runs	64	28

Home Runs Allowed	13	8

Strikeouts	87	43

Walks	38	19

ERA	5.07	4.53

WHIP	1.32	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.3	14.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	56	15

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	46	12

Walks	18	5

ERA	4.58	4.64

WHIP	1.39	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Mitch Keller allowed three runs on four hits over three innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Thursday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Mitch Keller allowed five runs on eight hits over six innings with one strikeout in a loss on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Ryan Watson (2026)

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