Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jorge Mateo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	# 377
VBR	# 306	# 1187

Projections

Runs	21	6
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	5
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.241	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 358

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	136	129

Runs	21	28

Hits	34	31

Singles	20	21

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	19	11

Stolen Bases	1	9

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	12	8

Strikeouts	30	41

Batting Average	.250	.240

On Base Pct	.313	.285

Slugging Pct	.404	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	43

Runs	21	6

Hits	40	10

Singles	26	6

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	5

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	50	13

Batting Average	.241	.223

On Base Pct	.309	.270

Slugging Pct	.387	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
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	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-2 with a walk, a steal, and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	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	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st
	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	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 31st
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a single, two RBI, two runs scored, and a steal in Friday's 8-3 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th
	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	Jorge Mateo went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, two RBI, one run, and one steal in Sunday's 11-6 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 4th
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			Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jorge Mateo (2026)

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