Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Ramon Laureano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Ramon Laureano LF,CF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	# 285
VBR	# 277	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	# 262

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 463

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 238

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Ramon Laureano LF,CF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	162	182

Runs	22	23

Hits	38	37

Singles	23	22

Doubles	10	6

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	3	7

RBI	21	21

Stolen Bases	1	7

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	17	20

Strikeouts	37	65

Batting Average	.235	.203

On Base Pct	.313	.286

Slugging Pct	.377	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Ramon Laureano LF,CF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.389	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Ramon Laureano LF,CF,RF - SD
News
	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	Ramon Laureano underwent a season-ending hip surgery on Friday to repair an injured labrum. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 5th
	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 Padres placed Ramon Laureano on the 10-day injured list with right hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Ramon Laureano went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 loss against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	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	Ramon Laureano went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Padres 7-3 win over the Athletics on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Ramon Laureano went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss on Monday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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			Ramon Laureano LF,CF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Ramon Laureano (2026)

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