Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	# 367
VBR	# 600	# 643

Projections

Strikeouts	17	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.89	4.44
WHIP	1.37	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	29.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	33	26

Earned Runs	22	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	19	27

Walks	15	12

ERA	7.52	4.66

WHIP	1.82	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.6	18.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	16	16

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	21

Walks	7	9

ERA	3.89	4.44

WHIP	1.37	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	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	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 16th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Ryan Walker (2026)

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