Who Should I Trade?

Marco Raya for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 193	‐
VBR	# 629	# 976

Projections

Strikeouts	36	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	4.54
WHIP	1.47	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 125	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	3

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	104.1	6.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	5

Earned Runs	60	2

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	92	4

Walks	44	3

ERA	5.18	3.00

WHIP	1.45	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	9.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	9

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	36	9

Walks	18	4

ERA	4.74	4.54

WHIP	1.47	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
News
	Walker Buehler allowed three runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings with one strikeout and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Twins activated Marco Raya from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Marco Raya made a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Twins have optioned right-hander Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Walker Buehler SP - SD			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Marco Raya for Walker Buehler (2026)

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