Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Jose Butto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	‐
VBR	# 401	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	55	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.72	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	3

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	102.2	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	6

Earned Runs	47	5

Home Runs Allowed	15	2

Strikeouts	86	5

Walks	32	4

ERA	4.12	22.50

WHIP	1.25	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	66.4	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	69	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.72	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Bryce Elder allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out two over four-plus innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on just two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Jose Butto (2026)

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