Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Josh Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Josh Walker RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1104	# 722

Projections

Strikeouts	6	13
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.13	4.34
WHIP	1.55	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	6.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	5

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.92	4.50

WHIP	1.35	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	12.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	13

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	6	13

Walks	3	6

ERA	5.13	4.34

WHIP	1.55	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL	Josh Walker RP - BAL
News
	Blas Castano is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Orioles recalled Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Rockies right-hander Blas Castano (pectoral) threw his first bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to do so again on July 28. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Orioles returned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Blas Castano is hopeful to face hitters this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Josh Walker was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of Wednesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Orioles recalled LHP Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL			Josh Walker RP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Josh Walker (2026)

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