Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Anthony Kay (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	# 511	# 864

Projections

Strikeouts	41	11
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	3.96
WHIP	1.48	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 296	# 406

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 111	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	93.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	90	‐

Earned Runs	45	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Walks	38	‐

ERA	4.34	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	51.7	9.5

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	8

Earned Runs	26	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	41	11

Walks	20	5

ERA	4.59	3.96

WHIP	1.48	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
News
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs one two hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Anthony Kay allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS			Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Anthony Kay (2026)

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