Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 193	# 234
VBR	# 673	# 382

Projections

Strikeouts	22	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.66	4.30
WHIP	1.46	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 202	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 125	# 254

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 389	# 145

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	14

Games Started	26	14

Innings Pitched	126.1	66.0

Wins	8	4

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	122	72

Earned Runs	65	48

Home Runs Allowed	15	11

Strikeouts	108	61

Walks	49	30

ERA	4.63	6.55

WHIP	1.35	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	25.9	26.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	25

Earned Runs	13	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	22	25

Walks	11	10

ERA	4.66	4.30

WHIP	1.46	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
News
	Walker Buehler allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts in a win on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	Walker Buehler allowed one run on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Tuesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Walker Buehler allowed one run on six hits over four innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Walker Buehler allowed three runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings with one strikeout and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Walker Buehler SP - SD			Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Walker Buehler (2026)

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