Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Foster Griffin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 236	# 989

Projections

Strikeouts	45	2
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.81
WHIP	1.31	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 122	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	129.1	‐

Wins	12	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	109	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	19	‐

Strikeouts	116	‐

Walks	30	‐

ERA	3.06	‐

WHIP	1.07	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	49.4	2.5

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	3

Earned Runs	23	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	45	2

Walks	14	1

ERA	4.17	4.81

WHIP	1.31	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
News
	Foster Griffin will make his Guardians debut against the Mets on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	The Cleveland Guardians are acquiring Foster Griffin from the Washington Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Foster Griffin allowed six earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over 5.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 1st
	Foster Griffin allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over 6.2 innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th
	Foster Griffin allowed one earned run on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Foster Griffin SP,RP - CLE			Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Foster Griffin (2026)

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