Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	# 278
VBR	# 595	# 747

Projections

Strikeouts	15	35
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.89	4.61
WHIP	1.38	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 444

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 185

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	20

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	26.1	67.1

Wins	0	5

Losses	1	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	33	67

Earned Runs	22	36

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	19	59

Walks	15	39

ERA	7.52	4.81

WHIP	1.82	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	15.8	42.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	41

Earned Runs	7	22

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	15	35

Walks	6	20

ERA	3.89	4.61

WHIP	1.38	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Luinder Avila will start Sunday’s series finale against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's win over the Giants. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Luinder Avila allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd	Luinder Avila allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th
	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd	Luinder Avila allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#160	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Ryan Walker (2026)

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