Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 113	# 290
VBR	# 527	# 391

Projections

Strikeouts	11	25
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.40	3.79
WHIP	1.22	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 204

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	23.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	4	4

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	13

Hits Allowed	13	29

Earned Runs	7	14

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	21	32

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.11	5.40

WHIP	1.43	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	24.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	8	23

Earned Runs	4	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	25

Walks	4	8

ERA	3.40	3.79

WHIP	1.22	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
News
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	The Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#252	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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