Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 644	# 1087

Projections

Strikeouts	37	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.78	5.07
WHIP	1.46	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 125	# 479

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


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	100.0	16.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	99	18

Earned Runs	57	10

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	91	13

Walks	42	14

ERA	5.13	5.40

WHIP	1.41	1.92

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


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.5	8.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	9

Earned Runs	24	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	37	8

Walks	18	4

ERA	4.78	5.07

WHIP	1.46	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Walker Buehler allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Walker Buehler SP - SD			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Walker Buehler (2026)

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