Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	# 183
VBR	# 134	# 344

Projections

Runs	20	18
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	16	17
Stolen Bases	7	2
Batting Average	.272	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 78	# 131

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	# 155

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 218

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	# 149

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	159

Runs	48	22

Hits	97	38

Singles	58	23

Doubles	22	10

Triples	7	2

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	59	20

Stolen Bases	17	1

Caught Stealing	4	2

Walks	18	16

Strikeouts	67	37

Batting Average	.288	.239

On Base Pct	.329	.315

Slugging Pct	.484	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.812	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	148

Runs	20	18

Hits	39	36

Singles	27	23

Doubles	7	8

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	16	17

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	10	14

Strikeouts	28	44

Batting Average	.272	.242

On Base Pct	.326	.312

Slugging Pct	.412	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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