Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 236	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	58	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.29	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 56	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	136.2	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	131	‐

Earned Runs	60	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	37	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	71.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	70	‐

Earned Runs	34	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	4.29	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Sandy Alcantara allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out eight across seven innings in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	The Miami Marlins are not expected to trade Sandy Alcantara before the trade deadline. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Sandy Alcantara (2026)

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