Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Jordan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Walker LF,RF - STL	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	# 312
VBR	# 40	# 442

Projections

Runs	25	10
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	26	8
Stolen Bases	5	7
Batting Average	.256	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 38	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 44	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 41	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Walker LF,RF - STL	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	432	123

Runs	68	30

Hits	122	32

Singles	78	17

Doubles	22	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	22	5

RBI	81	10

Stolen Bases	14	27

Caught Stealing	5	3

Walks	37	16

Strikeouts	119	44

Batting Average	.282	.260

On Base Pct	.341	.374

Slugging Pct	.486	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.827	.846

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Walker LF,RF - STL	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	179	66

Runs	25	10

Hits	46	16

Singles	28	10

Doubles	9	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	26	8

Stolen Bases	5	7

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	15	6

Strikeouts	51	19

Batting Average	.256	.241

On Base Pct	.320	.319

Slugging Pct	.441	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Walker LF,RF - STL	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
News
	Jordan Walker has been scratched from the lineup on Tuesday due to inflammation in his right knee. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Esteury Ruiz went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Jordan Walker went 1-for-3 in a loss to Atlanta with two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Jordan Walker went 1-for-4 in the loss to the Brewers with a home run, a run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Jordan Walker announced he’ll be participating in the Home Run Derby. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Jordan Walker went 3-for-8 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBI in the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Walker LF,RF - STL			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Jordan Walker (2026)

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