Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 137	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	57	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.41	‐
WHIP	1.24	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	61.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.21	‐

WHIP	1.01	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	62.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.41	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Max Fried will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Max Fried (2026)

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