Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 168	‐
VBR	# 296	# 746

Projections

Strikeouts	57	15
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.56
WHIP	1.35	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 165	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	32

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	51.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	59	48

Earned Runs	32	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	44	42

Walks	18	19

ERA	4.88	4.53

WHIP	1.31	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	23

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.8	18.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	71	18

Earned Runs	35	9

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	57	15

Walks	17	7

ERA	4.61	4.56

WHIP	1.35	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	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
	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
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Diamondbacks recalled Brandon Pfaadt from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
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			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Ryan Watson (2026)

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