Who Should I Trade?

Josh Walker for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Josh Walker RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 898	# 722

Projections

Strikeouts	14	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.81	4.34
WHIP	1.53	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	9	7

Walks	10	2

ERA	9.90	4.50

WHIP	2.40	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Josh Walker RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.3	13.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	13

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.81	4.34

WHIP	1.53	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Josh Walker RP - BAL
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Josh Walker was sent back to Triple-A Norfolk ahead of Wednesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Orioles recalled LHP Josh Walker from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Orioles placed Josh Walker on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Orioles optioned Josh Walker to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Orioles selected the contract of Josh Walker. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Josh Walker RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Walker for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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