Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 113	# 142
VBR	# 284	# 459

Projections

Strikeouts	55	43
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.73
WHIP	1.33	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 88

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 123

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 98	# 319

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 54

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	19	15

Innings Pitched	119.1	86.0

Wins	5	8

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	63

Earned Runs	50	30

Home Runs Allowed	14	11

Strikeouts	96	81

Walks	34	33

ERA	3.77	3.14

WHIP	1.19	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	9

Innings Pitched	68.9	47.9

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	47

Earned Runs	33	25

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	55	43

Walks	21	19

ERA	4.37	4.73

WHIP	1.33	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
News
	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	Peter Lambert will start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Peter Lambert allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#317
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#214
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#351
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs TB	Mason Englert
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Peter Lambert (2026)

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