Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 337
VBR	# 54	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	73	17
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.26	4.55
WHIP	1.12	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	100.0	10.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	66	13

Earned Runs	24	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	117	9

Walks	22	10

ERA	2.16	8.44

WHIP	0.88	2.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	64.3	19.6

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	19

Earned Runs	23	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	73	17

Walks	17	9

ERA	3.26	4.55

WHIP	1.12	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Braves are expected to further evaluate Hurston Waldrep. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Hurston Waldrep was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	Hurston Waldrep will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Hurston Waldrep SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th				vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Hurston Waldrep for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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