Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for CJ Kayfus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 327	‐

Projections

Runs	20	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	3
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.241	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	141	22

Runs	21	4

Hits	35	4

Singles	20	2

Doubles	10	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	31	8

Batting Average	.248	.182

On Base Pct	.323	.280

Slugging Pct	.411	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	22

Runs	20	3

Hits	39	5

Singles	25	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	3

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	49	7

Batting Average	.241	.227

On Base Pct	.310	.292

Slugging Pct	.386	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for CJ Kayfus (2026)

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