Who Should I Trade?

Zach Maxwell for Zack Kelly (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 898	# 858

Projections

Strikeouts	14	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.81	4.52
WHIP	1.53	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	16.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	9	14

Walks	10	7

ERA	9.90	3.31

WHIP	2.40	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.3	12.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	13	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.81	4.52

WHIP	1.53	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
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
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Zach Maxwell for Zack Kelly (2026)

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