Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Matthew Boyd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	# 340
VBR	# 239	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.04	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 69	# 351

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 81	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	3

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	97.0	10.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	88	13

Earned Runs	43	10

Home Runs Allowed	15	3

Strikeouts	76	9

Walks	30	10

ERA	3.99	8.44

WHIP	1.22	2.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	28.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.04	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
News
	Matthew Boyd allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out five across six innings in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 27th	Hurston Waldrep will require Tommy John surgery on his injured right elbow. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 28th
	Matthew Boyd allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 22nd	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Hurston Waldrep will begin a throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Matthew Boyd allowed seven runs on five hits and three walks while striking out two across 5.1 innings in Saturday's 8-4 loss against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep (arm discomfort) remains under evaluation and is getting multiple opinions. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Matthew Boyd allowed two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across seven innings in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Matthew Boyd allowed five runs (four earned) on nine hits and one walk while striking out three across 6.2 innings in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Matthew Boyd SP - CHC			Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28

Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Matthew Boyd (2026)

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