Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Cody Bellinger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	# 184
VBR	# 56	# 331

Projections

Runs	30	21
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	31	20
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.260	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 134

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	# 155

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 41	# 149

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	# 218

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	132

Runs	52	21

Hits	95	33

Singles	61	19

Doubles	20	10

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	11	3

RBI	52	19

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	6	2

Walks	55	12

Strikeouts	70	28

Batting Average	.257	.250

On Base Pct	.349	.315

Slugging Pct	.416	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	205	169

Runs	30	21

Hits	53	40

Singles	34	26

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	31	20

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	22	15

Strikeouts	36	50

Batting Average	.260	.239

On Base Pct	.334	.307

Slugging Pct	.443	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.693

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
News
	Cody Bellinger is getting the day off on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Cody Bellinger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 in Wednesday’s 10-5 win over the White Sox with a home run, a double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 17th	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Cody Bellinger went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Blue Jays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY			Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Cody Bellinger (2026)

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