Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Liam Hendriks (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 865	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.96	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 405	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.96	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE	Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
News
	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Liam Hendriks threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	Liam Hendriks has signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	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 Twins have granted reliver Liam Hendriks his release. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 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	Liam Hendriks (elbow) threw live batting practice on Monday - the first time he's faced hitters since undergoing surgery on his right elbow last September. David Leisering Mon, Feb 23rd
	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 Twins signed veteran Liam Hendriks to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Walters RP - CLE			Liam Hendriks RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
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 Liam Hendriks (2026)

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