Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 542	# 747

Projections

Strikeouts	44	15
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.79	4.56
WHIP	1.47	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 202	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 125	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	32

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	89.0	51.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	93	48

Earned Runs	53	26

Home Runs Allowed	12	8

Strikeouts	81	42

Walks	35	19

ERA	5.36	4.53

WHIP	1.44	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	23

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	18.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	53	18

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	44	15

Walks	21	7

ERA	4.79	4.56

WHIP	1.47	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walker Buehler SP - SD	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Walker Buehler allowed nine runs on seven hits over four innings with six strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Walker Buehler allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and three walks in a win on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 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
	Walker Buehler SP - SD			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#260	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Walker Buehler (2026)

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