Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 337
VBR	# 1	# 819

Projections

Strikeouts	32	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.29	4.51
WHIP	1.18	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	3

Games Started	14	2

Innings Pitched	85.2	10.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	13

Earned Runs	17	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	95	9

Walks	26	10

ERA	1.79	8.44

WHIP	0.95	2.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	27.4	18.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	32	16

Walks	9	9

ERA	3.29	4.51

WHIP	1.18	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
News
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (knee) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Hurston Waldrep was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Shohei Ohtani is playing catch in the outfield on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-9 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Hurston Waldrep will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said there's no update to Shohei Ohtani’s pitching timetable. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Hurston Waldrep allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#249	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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