Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 946	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.35
WHIP	1.36	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 482	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
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	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	13.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	12

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	4	12

Walks	2	7

ERA	4.53	4.35

WHIP	1.36	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Montero for Zack Kelly (2026)

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