Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 393	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.25	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 279	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	6.75

WHIP	‐	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	27.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	Cody Bradford worked three scoreless innings in his rehab start for Double-A Frisco on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Cody Bradford is making his next rehab start on Saturday for Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Cody Bradford threw 21 pitches over one inning in his rehab start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Rangers sent Cody Bradford on a rehab assignment to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Cody Bradford is resuming his rehab assignment at Double-A Corpus Christi on Sunday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Bradford SP - TEX			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bradford for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

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