Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Daniel Palencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 82	‐
VBR	# 302	# 865

Projections

Strikeouts	20	11
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.77	3.96
WHIP	1.29	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	# 405

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	9.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	11

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.77	3.96

WHIP	1.29	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Guardians placed RHP Andrew Walters on the 15-day injured list as he recovers from right lat surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Daniel Palencia (2026)

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