Who Should I Trade?

Walker Buehler for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 193	‐
VBR	# 644	# 987

Projections

Strikeouts	37	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.78	4.50
WHIP	1.46	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 125	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	100.0	16.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	99	14

Earned Runs	57	6

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	91	14

Walks	42	7

ERA	5.13	3.31

WHIP	1.41	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.5	5.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	5

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	37	5

Walks	18	3

ERA	4.78	4.50

WHIP	1.46	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Walker Buehler allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Walker Buehler SP - SD			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Walker Buehler for Zack Kelly (2026)

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