Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Josh Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Josh Walker RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 571	# 722

Projections

Strikeouts	19	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.34
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	5

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	42.1	6.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	46	5

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	45	7

Walks	14	2

ERA	5.10	4.50

WHIP	1.42	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	13.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	13

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.14	4.34

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Josh Walker RP - BAL
News
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Josh Walker was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of Wednesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	The Orioles recalled LHP Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	The Orioles optioned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Cole Sulser allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out two in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians, recording his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 29th	The Orioles selected the contract of Josh Walker. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Josh Walker RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Josh Walker (2026)

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