Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 410	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	37	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.62	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 303	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	5

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	97.2	9.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	7

Earned Runs	37	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	80	8

Walks	34	6

ERA	3.41	6.75

WHIP	1.30	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.7	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.62	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Brandon Young allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

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