Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	# 224
VBR	# 87	# 941

Projections

Runs	26	10
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	24	7
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.249	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 208

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 204

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 249

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 241

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	410	256

Runs	64	37

Hits	101	61

Singles	74	45

Doubles	20	14

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	30	21

Stolen Bases	4	10

Caught Stealing	3	7

Walks	87	42

Strikeouts	103	55

Batting Average	.246	.238

On Base Pct	.383	.353

Slugging Pct	.346	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.669

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	75

Runs	26	10

Hits	43	19

Singles	27	14

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	24	7

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	26	10

Strikeouts	46	16

Batting Average	.249	.249

On Base Pct	.351	.344

Slugging Pct	.427	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.693

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
News
	Taylor Ward has been acquired by the Seattle Mariners in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA			Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Taylor Ward (2026)

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