Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 272	# 1081

Projections

Strikeouts	44	13
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	5.18
WHIP	1.32	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 446

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	22	6

Innings Pitched	138.1	33.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	122	31

Earned Runs	54	19

Home Runs Allowed	16	5

Strikeouts	111	22

Walks	38	17

ERA	3.51	5.08

WHIP	1.16	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	55.5	16.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	18

Earned Runs	26	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	44	13

Walks	16	8

ERA	4.28	5.18

WHIP	1.32	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
News
	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	Sam Aldegheri has been optioned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Sam Aldegheri allowed three earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out two over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's win over the Giants. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Sam Aldegheri allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Sam Aldegheri lasted just 4.2 innings on Monday and was charged with five runs on five hits - including two home runs - in a 6-1 loss to Baltimore. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Sam Aldegheri allowed six runs on six hits, walked three, and struck out in just three innings as the Angels dropped an 8-1 decision to the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

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