Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	# 94
VBR	# 30	# 101

Projections

Runs	27	24
Home Runs	9	9
RBI	29	28
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.260	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	# 103

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	# 72

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	# 65

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 107

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 94

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	417	400

Runs	58	55

Hits	106	94

Singles	60	50

Doubles	23	21

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	23	22

RBI	83	64

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	51	37

Strikeouts	105	107

Batting Average	.254	.235

On Base Pct	.335	.312

Slugging Pct	.475	.458

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	178

Runs	27	24

Hits	48	42

Singles	29	24

Doubles	10	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	9

RBI	29	28

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	17

Strikeouts	42	50

Batting Average	.260	.235

On Base Pct	.335	.312

Slugging Pct	.463	.441

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
News
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in an 8-7 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Sal Stewart is not in the Reds lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Sal Stewart (2026)

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