Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Hurston Waldrep (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 1017	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	4.53
WHIP	1.46	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 308	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	10.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	8.44	‐

WHIP	2.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	6

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	10.2	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	5	0

ERA	4.42	4.53

WHIP	1.46	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep (arm discomfort) remains under evaluation and is getting multiple opinions. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Hurston Waldrep was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Hurston Waldrep was hammered for seven runs on six hits and five walks while striking out two over 3 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 12-4 loss to the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Hurston Waldrep will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Hurston Waldrep (2026)

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