Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Yilber Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 993	# 1003

Projections

Strikeouts	2	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.81	4.45
WHIP	1.47	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	0.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	94.50

WHIP	‐	12.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.5	5.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	5

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	5

Walks	1	3

ERA	4.81	4.45

WHIP	1.47	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
News
	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Tigers optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		The Tigers have claimed pitcher Yilber Diaz off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		The Diamondbacks designated RHP Yilber Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		Yilber Diaz is being called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
		Diaz transitioned to a relief role at Triple-A Reno last season and issued 73 walks across 57 innings in the minors. He allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over 1.2 innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM			Yilber Diaz RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Yilber Diaz (2026)

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