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Merrill Kelly ARI SP R 

Born: 10/14/1988 Age: 36

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

The Roman Empire for $15

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (KBO) Dec'18

Thu 7/31 Fri 8/01 Sat 8/02
--- @ATH 10:05 PM EDT @ATH 10:05 PM EDT

Positions
SP
2026 Earned Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $4.29 Median $3.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $3.62 Median $2.00

All Leagues
Average $4.50 Median $4.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $4.90 Median $4.50

Roster%
100%
Change
7Day 0.61%
30Day 0.31%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 5
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00


July 31, 2025 5:28 PM : Kelly was traded from the Diamondbacks to the Rangers on Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: The return for Arizona has not been reported yet, but Kelly will step right into the rotation behind Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2019ARI3232183.10015818457229 3.6 660.56
2020ARI5531.1002926515 4.56 142.77
2021ARI2727158.00013016341421 3.87 612.10
2022ARI3333200.10017716761221 4.77 954.96
2023ARI3030177.20018714369420 4.8 851.94
2024ARI131373.200636719211 4.05 298.63
2025ARI2222128.2001219838114 5.05 650.14

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2010TBR (A-)7121.1011916510 6.58 140.27
2010TBR (A)5216.1001015821 3.65 59.57
2011TBR (A+)2523129.000701175176 4.21 542.60
2012TBR (AA)32988.10261842844 4.76 420.07
2013TBR (AA)131273.20041543133 4.72 347.83
2013TBR (AAA)151484.20070743434 4.89 413.93
2014TBR (AAA)2815114.00110810737610 4.68 533.40
2021ARI (CPX)114.00073200 7.45 29.80
2024ARI (A+)114.00026001 1.43 5.70

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Jul 26, 2025 ARI @PIT 1 0 0 0 6.2 27 2 1 6 3 1 0 1 24.43
Jul 20, 2025 ARI STL 1 1 0 0 6.0 24 2 2 3 5 4 0 0 34.60
Jul 13, 2025 ARI @LAA 1 1 0 0 5.0 19 1 1 1 6 4 0 0 34.40
Jul 8, 2025 ARI @SDP 1 0 0 0 7.0 23 1 1 4 4 0 0 1 37.10
Jul 2, 2025 ARI SFG 1 0 0 0 6.0 26 3 3 5 3 3 0 1 16.10
Jun 27, 2025 ARI MIA 1 0 0 0 5.0 23 5 3 6 7 1 0 1 20.10
Jun 21, 2025 ARI @COL 1 1 0 0 6.0 25 3 2 6 7 3 0 1 21.50
Jun 15, 2025 ARI SDP 1 0 0 0 5.0 23 4 4 7 7 1 0 1 17.50
Jun 9, 2025 ARI SEA 1 0 0 0 6.0 22 0 0 4 7 2 0 0 42.00
Jun 4, 2025 ARI @ATL 1 1 0 0 7.0 23 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 62.20
Totals 10 4 0 0 59.2 235 21 17 43 57 20 0 6 309.93

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentGSWinSave IPTBFRERHKBBHBPHR
Aug 6, 2024 A+ HIL EVE 1 0 0 4.0 18 3 3 6 2 0 0 1
Totals 1 0 0 4.0 18 3 3 6 2 0 0 1

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
March 14, 2020 9:34 AM add AKA Big Papi $1
September 30, 2020 7:03 PM increase AKA Big Papi $3
April 17, 2021 9:39 PM cut AKA Big Papi $2
July 10, 2021 10:53 AM add AKA Big Papi $2
July 12, 2021 8:43 AM cut AKA Big Papi $1
July 13, 2021 8:44 AM add The Clongowes Cricket Club 🏏 $2
July 16, 2021 11:20 AM cut The Clongowes Cricket Club 🏏 $1
April 16, 2022 9:22 PM add Injured Report $7
October 14, 2022 1:50 AM increase Injured Report $9
November 15, 2022 12:56 AM increase Injured Report $10
October 12, 2023 11:18 AM increase Injured Report $12
November 15, 2023 12:52 AM increase Injured Report $13
July 16, 2024 12:46 PM move Beefy’s Bashers (from Injured Report) $13
October 10, 2024 12:58 AM increase Beefy’s Bashers $15
July 11, 2025 10:00 PM move The Roman Empire (from Beefy’s Bashers) $15

Recent Trades for Merrill Kelly in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
July 29, 2025 12:15 PM SAVE FERRIS Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $19 
Aaron Nola PHI SP R $30 60IL 
$28 loan 		Show me the Moniak Nolan Arenado STL 3B R $6 
Ryan Bergert SDP SP R $1 
JJ Wetherholt STL AAA SS L $1
July 10, 2025 9:59 PM The Roman Empire Lawrence Butler ATH OF L $10 
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B R $1 
 Beefy’s Bashers Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $15 
Bryan Abreu HOU RP R $8
July 10, 2025 3:46 PM Little Chicago Bootleggers Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $6 
 San Jose Predators Ryan McMahon COL 3B L $19 
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B/SS/OF R $5 
$15 loan
July 3, 2025 11:42 AM Lyon Estates 🦁 Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $2 
Ian Happ CHC OF S $14 
Shota Imanaga CHC SP L $18 
$17 loan 		Snowball II Cole Ragans KCR SP L $13 60IL 
Spencer Schwellenbach ATL SP R $4 60IL
June 23, 2025 3:38 PM Big Klu Barrels Up Spencer Steer CIN 1B/OF R $18 
Hunter Goodman COL C/OF R $3 
Sebastian Walcott TEX AA SS/3B R $3
 ⚾️4256⚾️ Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $9 
Byron Buxton MIN OF R $11 10IL 
Ryan McMahon COL 3B L $7 
$3 loan
June 14, 2025 10:26 PM Alls Quiet on the Westburg Front Paul Goldschmidt NYY 1B R $4 
Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $3 
Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP OF R $52
Jackson Chourio MIL OF R $46 
Shota Imanaga CHC SP L $19 
$55 loan 		The Flying Rutschman Bryce Harper PHI 1B L $40 
Marcelo Mayer BOS 2B/SS/3B L $7 10IL 
Bubba Chandler PIT AAA SP R $9
Harry Ford SEA AAA C R $3
Hyeseong Kim LAD 2B/OF L $9 10IL 
June 12, 2025 2:04 PM Alls Quiet on the Westburg Front Michael Busch CHC 1B L $10 
$5 loan 		Labor Theory of (Surplus) Value Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $3 
Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN AAA 1B/3B R $2
May 25, 2025 9:34 AM The Sound and the Fury Shane Baz TBR SP R $7 
Jordan Westburg BAL 2B/3B R $5 
Emmanuel Rodriguez MIN AAA OF L $2
Ben Rice NYY C/1B L $1 
Lazaro Montes SEA AA OF L $1
 Double Time Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $4 
Austin Riley ATL 3B R $35 
$23 loan
May 13, 2025 9:06 PM Savazzah Bazzanas Freddie Freeman LAD 1B L $40 
Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $1 
Yuki Matsui SDP RP L $3
$22 loan 		Pitch Count Royce Lewis MIN 3B R $13
Zack Gelof ATH AAA 2B R $4
Jordan Beck COL OF R $5 
April 21, 2025 6:28 PM And Here Come the Pretzels! Josh H. Smith TEX 1B/SS/3B/OF L $7 
Kyle Manzardo CLE 1B L $4 
 Henry Rowengarter est. 2015 Merrill Kelly ARI SP R $1 
Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $46 
$36 loan