Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for McCade Brown (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	McCade Brown SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1061

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.85
WHIP	‐	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	22.50	‐

WHIP	5.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	6.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.85

WHIP	‐	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF			McCade Brown SP - COL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#160	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for McCade Brown (2026)

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