Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 131	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	56	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.78	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	120.0	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	130	‐

Earned Runs	53	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	58.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.78	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for George Kirby (2026)

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