Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Brady Basso (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Brady Basso RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 865	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	11	17
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.25
WHIP	1.37	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 406	# 417

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Brady Basso RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	7.36

WHIP	‐	2.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Brady Basso RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.5	19.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	8	20

Earned Runs	4	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	17

Walks	5	7

ERA	3.96	4.25

WHIP	1.37	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Brady Basso RP - ATH
News
	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Athletics recalled LHP Brady Basso from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Athletics optioned Brady Basso to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Athletics have recalled left-hander Brady Basso from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Athletics optioned LHP Brady Basso to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Athletics recalled Brady Basso from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE			Brady Basso RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Brady Basso (2026)

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