Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 143
VBR	# 111	# 177

Projections

Runs	21	21
Home Runs	8	7
RBI	24	22
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.236	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	# 158

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	# 130

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 65	# 164

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	# 114

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 276

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	428	405

Runs	59	52

Hits	101	92

Singles	54	54

Doubles	24	18

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	22	20

RBI	67	59

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	42	49

Strikeouts	112	142

Batting Average	.236	.227

On Base Pct	.317	.315

Slugging Pct	.451	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	152	148

Runs	21	21

Hits	36	34

Singles	21	19

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	7

RBI	24	22

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	18

Strikeouts	42	46

Batting Average	.236	.228

On Base Pct	.314	.321

Slugging Pct	.444	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
News
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-4 in Friday's loss to the Giants with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Athletics with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU			Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIL	DL Hall (1-0)	#213
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#323	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#426
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#188
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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