Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Michael Wacha (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	‐
VBR	# 282	# 682

Projections

Strikeouts	55	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.51
WHIP	1.33	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 350

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	24

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	119.1	34.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	108	28

Earned Runs	50	22

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	96	28

Walks	34	11

ERA	3.77	5.82

WHIP	1.19	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	24

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	68.9	22.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	69	22

Earned Runs	33	12

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	55	20

Walks	20	8

ERA	4.35	4.51

WHIP	1.33	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
News
	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 7.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Michael Wacha (2026)

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