Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jeff McNeil (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jeff McNeil 2B,CI,LF,CF,RF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 279
VBR	# 309	# 302

Projections

Runs	22	20
Home Runs	5	4
RBI	21	19
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.242	.262

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 281

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jeff McNeil 2B,CI,LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	271

Runs	17	26

Hits	29	64

Singles	15	50

Doubles	10	11

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	18	30

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	11	22

Strikeouts	26	36

Batting Average	.242	.236

On Base Pct	.308	.300

Slugging Pct	.417	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.610

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jeff McNeil 2B,CI,LF,CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	162

Runs	22	20

Hits	43	42

Singles	27	29

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	21	19

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	14

Strikeouts	54	23

Batting Average	.242	.262

On Base Pct	.309	.332

Slugging Pct	.391	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jeff McNeil 2B,CI,LF,CF,RF - ATH
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	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with two runs scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a double and three RBI. 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	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-4 in a win over the Pirates with a home run, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 16th
	Braden Montgomery is expected to join the White Sox ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
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			Jeff McNeil 2B,CI,LF,CF,RF - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jeff McNeil (2026)

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