Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Jared Shuster (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Jared Shuster RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1039	# 1098

Projections

Strikeouts	3	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	5.29
WHIP	1.26	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	9.00

WHIP	‐	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.2	3.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.74	5.29

WHIP	1.26	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Jared Shuster RP - STL
News
	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	Jared Shuster was designated for assignment ahead of Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
		The Cardinals recalled Jared Shuster from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
		Jared Shuster was assigned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
		The Cardinals designated Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
		The Cardinals sent LHP Jared Shuster outright to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM			Jared Shuster RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATL	Danny Young
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Jared Shuster (2026)

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