Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	# 193
VBR	# 258	# 673

Projections

Strikeouts	32	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.66
WHIP	1.30	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	# 202

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 389

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 140	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	26

Games Started	27	26

Innings Pitched	143.0	126.1

Wins	5	8

Losses	10	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	122

Earned Runs	80	65

Home Runs Allowed	32	15

Strikeouts	153	108

Walks	49	49

ERA	5.04	4.63

WHIP	1.40	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	7

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	32.7	25.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	26

Earned Runs	16	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	32	22

Walks	10	11

ERA	4.37	4.66

WHIP	1.30	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
News
	Aaron Nola gave up two runs on just three hits and three walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Mariners. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 26th	Walker Buehler allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts in a win on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	Aaron Nola surrendered one run on five hits and no walks while striking out eight across seven innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Aaron Nola allowed one run on five hits and three walks while racking up nine strikeouts across five innings in Thursday's 7-1 win over the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 14th	Walker Buehler allowed one run on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Tuesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	The Phillies say Aaron Nola has a bruised right knee. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Walker Buehler allowed one run on six hits over four innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Aaron Nola left his start Saturday against the Blue Jays in the sixth inning. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Walker Buehler allowed three runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings with one strikeout and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Nola SP - PHI			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#280	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Walker Buehler (2026)

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