Who Should I Trade?

Quinn Mathews for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 861	# 752

Projections

Strikeouts	11	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.24
WHIP	1.50	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.31	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	12.3	15.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	14

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	15

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.52	4.24

WHIP	1.50	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
News
	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 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
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Quinn Mathews for Zack Kelly (2026)

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