Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Drew Thorpe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1021

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.69
WHIP	‐	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU	Drew Thorpe SP - CWS
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	Drew Thorpe SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	9.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.69

WHIP	‐	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU	Drew Thorpe SP - CWS
News
	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Drew Thorpe will make a rehab start in High-A on Friday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Drew Thorpe threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts in his rehab start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Drew Thorpe will begin a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	White Sox right-hander Drew Thorpe threw a live bullpen session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
		The White Sox transferred Drew Thorpe to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Walter SP - HOU			Drew Thorpe SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Drew Thorpe (2026)

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