Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 280	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	61	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.38	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	111.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	111	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	99	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	4.03	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	66.7	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	63	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	4.38	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#252	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Shane Baz (2026)

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