Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 603	# 569

Projections

Strikeouts	17	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	3.50
WHIP	1.37	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	7.52	‐

WHIP	1.82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	10.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	16	9

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	12

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.90	3.50

WHIP	1.37	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	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
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	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
	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Ryan Walker (2026)

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