Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Jose Butto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 317	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.58	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 165	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	78.2	2.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	77	6

Earned Runs	34	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	52	5

Walks	22	4

ERA	3.89	22.50

WHIP	1.26	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	52.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.58	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one (unearned) run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed six hits over seven scoreless innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings with one strikeout and two walks in a win on Thursday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Jose Butto (2026)

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