Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Tyler Mahle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 152	‐
VBR	# 318	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	44	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 167	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 192	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	83.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	87	‐

Earned Runs	49	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	77	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	5.31	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	51.6	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Tyler Mahle allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Tyler Mahle allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out four through seven innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Tyler Mahle allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Tyler Mahle allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Monday’s 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer 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
	Tyler Mahle allowed two hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Tyler Mahle (2026)

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