Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Walker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 18	# 221
VBR	# 150	# 598

Projections

Strikeouts	35	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.90	3.92
WHIP	1.09	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	# 206

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 16	# 159

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Walker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	26.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	3

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	38	33

Earned Runs	14	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	63	19

Walks	11	15

ERA	2.84	7.52

WHIP	1.11	1.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Walker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.7	17.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	20	17

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	35	17

Walks	8	7

ERA	2.90	3.92

WHIP	1.09	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Walker RP - SF
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Ryan Walker RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#144
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Ryan Walker (2026)

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