Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	# 178
VBR	# 293	# 472

Projections

Strikeouts	25	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.30
WHIP	1.31	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	# 179

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	15

Games Started	26	15

Innings Pitched	162.2	83.1

Wins	7	3

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	81

Earned Runs	63	46

Home Runs Allowed	22	18

Strikeouts	126	62

Walks	42	22

ERA	3.49	4.97

WHIP	1.13	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	32.7	14.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	14

Earned Runs	16	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	25	12

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.29	4.30

WHIP	1.31	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out three over five innings in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 6.2 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 12th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out one over 5.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 7th	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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