Who Should I Trade?

Blake Walston for Joel Payamps (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Blake Walston RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.24	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	9.39	‐

WHIP	1.70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Blake Walston RP - ARI
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	The Diamondbacks placed LHP Blake Walston on the 60-day injured list following UCL surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Blake Walston RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Walston for Joel Payamps (2026)

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