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Josh Walker for Nick Mears (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Nick Mears RP - KC  | Josh Walker RP - BAL  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 624 | # 815 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 35 | 16 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.31 | 4.23 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.48 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL15 | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 380 | ‐ |
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Josh Walker RP - BAL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 21 | 3 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 19.1 | 4.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 5 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 18 | 3 |
| Earned Runs | 11 | 2 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 15 | 5 |
| Walks | 11 | 2 |
| ERA | 5.12 | 4.50 |
| WHIP | 1.50 | 1.25 |
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Josh Walker RP - BAL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 39 | 19 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 37.3 | 16.7 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 9 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 34 | 16 |
| Earned Runs | 18 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 16 |
| Walks | 16 | 8 |
| ERA | 4.31 | 4.23 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.48 |
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Josh Walker RP - BAL | |
| News | ||
| The Royals placed Nick Mears on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | |
| Nick Mears and the Kansas City Royals agreed on a one-year deal that will pay the righthander $1.9 million for the 2026 season. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | The Orioles optioned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | |
| The Orioles selected the contract of Josh Walker. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | ||
| The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | ||
| The Orioles have reassigned left-hander Josh Walker to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Nick Mears RP - KC | Josh Walker RP - BAL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #109 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #229 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #63 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #196 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #64 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #115 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #70 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #42 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #110 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #123 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #145 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #420 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #10 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #47 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #218 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #206 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #70 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #77 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #218 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | |
| Mon, May 11th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #70 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #86 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #168 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #207 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #51 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #152 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #51 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #24 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #52 | vs TOR | Adam Macko (1-0) | #234 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #46 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 | vs TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #131 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #84 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 | @ BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #145 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #46 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #131 | ||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs SEA | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ LAD | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ COL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | |||||
