Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Ryan Walker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 220
VBR	# 495	# 557

Projections

Strikeouts	21	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.18	3.74
WHIP	1.32	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 206

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	# 458

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 163

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Ryan Walker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	26.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	3

Blown Saves	2	3

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	42	33

Earned Runs	28	22

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	37	19

Walks	21	15

ERA	6.05	7.52

WHIP	1.51	1.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Ryan Walker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	17.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	21	16

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	16

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.18	3.74

WHIP	1.32	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT	Ryan Walker RP - SF
News
	Dennis Santana recorded only two outs in the top of the ninth inning on Monday, but not before he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks in his second blown save of the year. The Cardinals won, 4-2. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Dennis Santana earned his second save of the season on Wednesday, pitching around a one-out hit batter, to help the Pirates to a 2-0 win over the Nationals. David Leisering Thu, Apr 16th	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Dennis Santana allowed a run on one hit and two walks in the bottom of the ninth for his first blown save of the season on Saturday. The Pirates won the game anyway, 4-3, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Dennis Santana pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Friday as the Pirates blanked the Cubs, 2-0. David Leisering Fri, Apr 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
	Dennis Santana pitched a perfect top of the ninth - with one strikeout - preserving a 2-2 tie. The Pirates went on to walk-off the Orioles with a run in the bottom half to give Santana his second victory of the year. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dennis Santana RP - PIT			Ryan Walker RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Dennis Santana for Ryan Walker (2026)

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