Who Should I Trade?

Josh Walker for Kade Strowd (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Walker RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 766	# 889

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.18
WHIP	1.50	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Walker RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	1.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	1

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	1

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.60	9.00

WHIP	1.20	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Walker RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.4	9.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	9

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.52	4.18

WHIP	1.50	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Walker RP - BAL	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	The Orioles recalled Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	The Orioles returned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Kade Strowd complained of a "dead arm" during his Friday outing against the Washington Nationals and will undergo further testing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Josh Walker was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of Wednesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Strowd posted a 1.71 ERA and 1.10 WHIP across 26.1 innings with the Orioles last season and came to Arizona via trade in February with a shot at the Opening Day roster. He allowed 10 earned runs across just 7.2 Cactus League innings, however, undercutting his case. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Orioles recalled LHP Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Arizona Diamondbacks are acquiring Kade Strowd, Wellington Aracena and Jose Mejia from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Blaze Alexander. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 5th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Walker RP - BAL			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Walker for Kade Strowd (2026)

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