Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Josh Simpson (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 708

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	15
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.45
WHIP	‐	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.0	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	4

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	5	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	22.50	9.00

WHIP	5.00	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	19

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	15.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.45

WHIP	‐	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Josh Simpson (2026)

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