Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 300	# 338
VBR	‐	# 1040

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.54
WHIP	‐	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 295	# 348

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	25.1	10.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	28	13

Earned Runs	16	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	17	9

Walks	9	10

ERA	5.68	8.44

WHIP	1.46	2.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	10.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	10

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.54

WHIP	‐	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep (arm discomfort) remains under evaluation and is getting multiple opinions. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Hurston Waldrep was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Hurston Waldrep was hammered for seven runs on six hits and five walks while striking out two over 3 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 12-4 loss to the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Hurston Waldrep will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL			Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

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Hurston Waldrep for Keegan Akin (2026)

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