Who Should I Trade?

Michael Darrell-Hicks for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 232	‐
VBR	# 550	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.91	5.63
WHIP	1.39	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	7.52	‐

WHIP	1.82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.3	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	12	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	3.91	5.63

WHIP	1.39	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#384	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#133	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#234	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Darrell-Hicks for Ryan Walker (2026)

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