Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 151	‐
VBR	# 381	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	40	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.43	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	102.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	120	‐

Earned Runs	60	‐

Home Runs Allowed	19	‐

Strikeouts	100	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.26	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	45.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Matthew Liberatore allowed one earned run on one hit and four walks while striking out nine over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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