Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Andrew Walters (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 774	# 839

Projections

Strikeouts	7	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	3.90
WHIP	1.24	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	# 405

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.3	7.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	8

Walks	2	4

ERA	3.83	3.90

WHIP	1.24	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Walters had lat surgery last year and has been building back through bullpen sessions and flat-ground throws from 120-150 feet. He's scheduled for a live batting practice session Wednesday as his next step in the progression. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Andrew Walters has begun throwing bullpen sessions and tossing from 90–120 feet on flat ground. Despite the progress in his recovery from right lat surgery, he will miss the start of the 2026 season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Mar 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Sun, Aug 30th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Andrew Walters (2026)

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