Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Josh Simpson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 875	# 729

Projections

Strikeouts	9	15
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.46
WHIP	1.38	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 406	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	9.00

WHIP	‐	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	14.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	13

Earned Runs	4	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	15

Walks	4	7

ERA	4.27	4.46

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 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 Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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 Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Josh Simpson (2026)

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