Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	# 298
VBR	# 136	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	69	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.63	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 31	# 289

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	24

Games Started	8	2

Innings Pitched	40.0	25.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	28

Earned Runs	18	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	43	17

Walks	28	9

ERA	4.05	5.68

WHIP	1.45	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	64.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	69	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	3.63	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	Hunter Brown allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Hunter Brown allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Keegan Akin (2026)

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