Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Yanquiel Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 268	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.241	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	166	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Batting Average	.229	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.368	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.311	‐

Slugging Pct	.387	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
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	The Yankees reassigned OF Yanquiel Fernandez to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Yanquiel Fernandez has been outrighted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and invited to New York Yankees’ major league spring training as a non-roster invitee. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
	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 New York Yankees designated Yanquiel Fernandez for assignment on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 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 Yankees claimed OF Yanquiel Fernandez off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Yanquiel Fernandez has been designated for assignment by the Colorado Rockies. The move frees up a spot on Colorado's 40-man roster. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
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			Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Yanquiel Fernandez (2026)

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