Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	# 158
VBR	# 277	# 168

Projections

Runs	19	21
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	17	18
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.242	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 126

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 210

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	# 151

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	# 178

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	159	340

Runs	22	51

Hits	38	90

Singles	23	62

Doubles	10	15

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	3	12

RBI	20	46

Stolen Bases	1	7

Caught Stealing	2	4

Walks	16	32

Strikeouts	37	105

Batting Average	.239	.265

On Base Pct	.315	.336

Slugging Pct	.384	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	150

Runs	19	21

Hits	37	38

Singles	24	25

Doubles	8	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	17	18

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	14

Strikeouts	46	41

Batting Average	.242	.255

On Base Pct	.312	.331

Slugging Pct	.389	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
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	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Willi Castro went 1-for-3 in Monday’s 7-3 loss to the Nationals with one double, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 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			Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Willi Castro (2026)

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