Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Injury Alert	OUT	IL60

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	64.0	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	65	7

Earned Runs	44	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	47	8

Walks	36	6

ERA	6.19	6.75

WHIP	1.58	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA	Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
News
	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Ken Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery along with an internal brace procedure to repair a flexor tendon and UCL injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	The Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 60-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	Ken Waldichuk will receive a second opinion after being recommended to undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	The Nationals placed Ken Waldichuk on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th	Ken Waldichuk was removed from Sunday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA			Ken Waldichuk SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Ken Waldichuk (2026)

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