Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 367	‐
VBR	# 690	# 880

Projections

Strikeouts	20	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.18
WHIP	1.46	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	# 406

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 422	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.6	8.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	10

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.51	4.18

WHIP	1.46	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
News
	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 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
	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB			Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Craig Kimbrel (2026)

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