Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 585	# 1077

Projections

Strikeouts	15	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.92
WHIP	1.36	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	16.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	33	18

Earned Runs	22	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	19	13

Walks	15	14

ERA	7.52	5.40

WHIP	1.82	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.8	9.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	9

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	8

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.83	4.92

WHIP	1.36	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Ryan Walker (2026)

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