Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 560	# 875

Projections

Strikeouts	17	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.27
WHIP	1.36	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	# 406

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	9

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.04	4.27

WHIP	1.36	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Andrew Walters RP - CLE
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	The Guardians activated Andrew Walters from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Andrew Walters had his rehab assignment paused after coming down with a viral illness. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. 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
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	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 Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	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
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Andrew Walters RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Walters for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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