Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Victor Scott (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 186	# 285
VBR	# 309	# 610

Projections

Runs	22	14
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	3	8
Batting Average	.242	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	# 260

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 233

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Victor Scott CF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	155

Runs	17	19

Hits	29	30

Singles	15	24

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	18	9

Stolen Bases	1	9

Caught Stealing	2	4

Walks	11	16

Strikeouts	26	44

Batting Average	.242	.194

On Base Pct	.308	.276

Slugging Pct	.417	.258

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Victor Scott CF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	111

Runs	22	14

Hits	43	24

Singles	27	17

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	3	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	54	29

Batting Average	.242	.216

On Base Pct	.309	.284

Slugging Pct	.391	.311

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.595

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Victor Scott CF - STL
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	Victor Scott was officially optioned down to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	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 Cardinals are optioning Victor Scott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Victor Scott went 1-for-2 with two walks, one hit by pitch, one run scored, one RBI, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Victor Scott went 3-for-8 with two runs scored, a stolen base and two walks in Saturday's doubleheader against the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, May 24th
	Braden Montgomery is expected to join the White Sox ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Victor Scott went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, May 15th
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			Victor Scott CF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Victor Scott (2026)

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