Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Esteury Ruiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 314
VBR	# 325	# 604

Projections

Runs	22	11
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	3	8
Batting Average	.239	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 278

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 302

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	116	101

Runs	17	25

Hits	28	25

Singles	15	11

Doubles	9	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	5

RBI	17	10

Stolen Bases	1	20

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	10	15

Strikeouts	26	35

Batting Average	.241	.248

On Base Pct	.305	.369

Slugging Pct	.414	.495

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.864

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	185	74

Runs	22	11

Hits	44	18

Singles	28	11

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	3	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	16	7

Strikeouts	56	21

Batting Average	.239	.237

On Base Pct	.307	.316

Slugging Pct	.388	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
News
	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	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Esteury Ruiz drew three walks and logged a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Esteury Ruiz recorded two walks and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, one run scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 8-7 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	Braden Montgomery is expected to join the White Sox ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Esteury Ruiz entered Friday's game as a pinch runner in the ninth inning, stole second base and later came around to score in the Marlins' 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
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			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Esteury Ruiz (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation