Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for James Triantos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 306	# 1260

Projections

Runs	21	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	19	2
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.241	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	138	1

Runs	21	1

Hits	34	1

Singles	20	1

Doubles	10	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	19	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	30	0

Batting Average	.246	1.000

On Base Pct	.318	1.000

Slugging Pct	.399	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	2.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	20

Runs	21	2

Hits	40	5

Singles	26	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	50	3

Batting Average	.241	.224

On Base Pct	.309	.270

Slugging Pct	.387	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
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	The Cubs are calling up James Triantos from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Cubs have optioned utility player James Triantos to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	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
	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			James Triantos 2B,LF,CF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for James Triantos (2026)

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