Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Tyler Kinley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 328	‐
VBR	# 550	# 875

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	3.86
WHIP	1.35	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 365	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.3	6.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	21	5

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.33	3.86

WHIP	1.35	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	Tyler Kinley (paternity) has rejoined the Braves ahead of Friday's game in St. Louis. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	The Braves placed Tyler Kinley on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Tyler Kinley (elbow) will return from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Tyler Kinley (elbow) was placed on the 15-day IL on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Tyler Kinley is heading back to the Atlanta Braves on a one-year deal with a $5.5 million club option in 2027. The righthander will earn $4.25 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Kinley RP - ATL			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Lavender for Tyler Kinley (2026)

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