Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Walker Buehler SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 193
VBR	# 888	# 630

Projections

Strikeouts	18	37
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.95	4.77
WHIP	1.48	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	# 198

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 316	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	21

Games Started	5	21

Innings Pitched	29.2	100.0

Wins	2	6

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	99

Earned Runs	17	57

Home Runs Allowed	4	13

Strikeouts	18	91

Walks	23	42

ERA	5.16	5.13

WHIP	1.85	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	4	8

Innings Pitched	21.2	43.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	44

Earned Runs	12	23

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	18	37

Walks	9	18

ERA	4.95	4.77

WHIP	1.48	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD	Walker Buehler SP - SD
News
	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Walker Buehler allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Giolito SP - SD			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Walker Buehler (2026)

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