Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	# 226
VBR	# 603	# 517

Projections

Strikeouts	17	41
Wins	1	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.90	4.59
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 296

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	20

Games Started	0	18

Innings Pitched	26.1	93.1

Wins	0	6

Losses	1	4

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	33	90

Earned Runs	22	45

Home Runs Allowed	4	13

Strikeouts	19	76

Walks	15	38

ERA	7.52	4.34

WHIP	1.82	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	17.5	51.7

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	53

Earned Runs	8	26

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	17	41

Walks	7	20

ERA	3.90	4.59

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs one two hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd	Anthony Kay allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd	Anthony Kay allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs COL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Ryan Walker (2026)

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