Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Johnathan Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 308	# 1336

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.243	.187

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	152	11

Runs	22	0

Hits	37	2

Singles	22	1

Doubles	10	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	3

Strikeouts	35	6

Batting Average	.243	.182

On Base Pct	.322	.333

Slugging Pct	.395	.273

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	6

Runs	20	1

Hits	38	1

Singles	24	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	47	2

Batting Average	.243	.187

On Base Pct	.313	.249

Slugging Pct	.391	.291

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.540

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
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 Orioles have traded outfielder Johnathan Rodriguez to the Pirates in exchange for cash considerations. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	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 Orioles designated Johnathan Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	The Orioles recalled Johnathan Rodriguez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	The Orioles placed Johnathan Rodriguez on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	The Orioles optioned OF Johnathan Rodriguez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
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			Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Johnathan Rodriguez (2026)

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