Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Austin Love SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 51	‐
VBR	# 210	# 1042

Projections

Strikeouts	49	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.76
WHIP	1.24	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	95.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	79	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.51	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Austin Love SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	46.5	8.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	8

Earned Runs	20	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	49	7

Walks	15	4

ERA	3.94	4.76

WHIP	1.24	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Austin Love SP - STL
News
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Cardinals reassigned RHP Austin Love to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Austin Love SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Love for Payton Tolle (2026)

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