Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Phil Maton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 230	# 328
VBR	# 541	# 785

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.76	3.87
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	# 266

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 439

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	27.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	33	34

Earned Runs	22	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	19	31

Walks	15	16

ERA	7.52	6.18

WHIP	1.82	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.1	9.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	5	4

ERA	3.76	3.87

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Phil Maton RP - CHC
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Cubs reliever Phil Maton (knee) has been shut down from all activities for three weeks. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list with right knee tendonitis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
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			Phil Maton RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Phil Maton for Ryan Walker (2026)

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