Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 77	‐
VBR	# 285	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	9	‐
ERA	4.36	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	37.2	2.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	24	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	6

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	43	5

Walks	9	4

ERA	5.50	22.50

WHIP	1.04	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	9	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.36	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Paul Sewald is out of the closer’s role, “at least for now.” Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Paul Sewald blew a save opportunity on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Paul Sewald tossed a clean inning in a save on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Paul Sewald blew the save opportunity on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Paul Sewald (2026)

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