Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Christian MacLeod (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.52
WHIP	‐	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	1.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	5.52

WHIP	‐	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
News
	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Twins reassigned LHP Christian MacLeod to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
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 Walter SP - HOU			Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Christian MacLeod (2026)

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