Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Michael Wacha (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Michael Wacha SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 113
VBR	# 267	# 286

Projections

Strikeouts	52	55
Wins	3	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.35
WHIP	1.28	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 98

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 64

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 101

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	# 65

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	19

Games Started	15	19

Innings Pitched	87.2	119.1

Wins	3	5

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	91	108

Earned Runs	48	50

Home Runs Allowed	12	14

Strikeouts	81	96

Walks	28	34

ERA	4.93	3.77

WHIP	1.36	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	9	12

Innings Pitched	55.6	68.9

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	69

Earned Runs	26	33

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	52	55

Walks	17	20

ERA	4.14	4.35

WHIP	1.28	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Michael Wacha SP - KC
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Michael Wacha SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Michael Wacha (2026)

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