Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 340
VBR	# 609	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.39	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 199	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 351

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 186	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	3

Games Started	15	2

Innings Pitched	80.0	10.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	80	13

Earned Runs	48	10

Home Runs Allowed	14	3

Strikeouts	83	9

Walks	35	10

ERA	5.40	8.44

WHIP	1.44	2.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.39	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
News
	The Rangers shut down Jack Leiter on his rehab assignment due to soreness in his biceps. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Hurston Waldrep will require Tommy John surgery on his injured right elbow. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 28th
	Jack Leiter will make one more rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Hurston Waldrep will begin a throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	The Rangers sent Jack Leiter on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep (arm discomfort) remains under evaluation and is getting multiple opinions. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Jack Leiter will make a rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Jack Leiter is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Hurston Waldrep was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX			Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#389
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#223
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#305	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#216
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#252
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Jack Leiter (2026)

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