Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Chayce McDermott (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 839	# 1058

Projections

Strikeouts	8	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	4.44
WHIP	1.38	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 405	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	7.71

WHIP	‐	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.3	5.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.90	4.44

WHIP	1.38	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Dodgers have designated right-hander Chayce McDermott for assignment. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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 Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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 Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Chayce McDermott (2026)

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