Who Should I Trade?

Walker Buehler for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	# 191
VBR	# 51	# 547

Projections

Strikeouts	76	41
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.82
WHIP	1.13	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	# 198

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	16	20

Innings Pitched	100.0	94.2

Wins	10	6

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	95

Earned Runs	24	55

Home Runs Allowed	11	12

Strikeouts	117	84

Walks	22	40

ERA	2.16	5.23

WHIP	0.88	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	9

Innings Pitched	67.4	48.7

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	49

Earned Runs	25	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	76	41

Walks	18	20

ERA	3.31	4.82

WHIP	1.13	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Walker Buehler SP - SD
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Walker Buehler for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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