Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Vukovich for Braden Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 159	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.235	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	323	‐

Runs	47	‐

Hits	73	‐

Singles	48	‐

Doubles	16	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	38	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Batting Average	.226	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.350	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.662	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	11	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.336	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
News
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-3 in a win over the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 5th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Mets with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with a triple and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-3 in loss to the Guardians with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Braden Montgomery was scratched from the White Sox’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a superficial skin infection on his right ankle. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (7-1)	#117	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#229
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	@ SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#207	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa (1-0)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-2)	#276
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#207	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (2-0)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Vukovich for Braden Montgomery (2026)

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