Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 559	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	6.15
WHIP	1.34	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	7.52	‐

WHIP	1.82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.2	2.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	3

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	3.75	6.15

WHIP	1.34	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Ryan Walker (2026)

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