Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Jared Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 516	‐

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	17	1
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	36	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.323	‐

Slugging Pct	.412	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	4

Runs	17	1

Hits	30	1

Singles	18	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	17	1

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	35	1

Batting Average	.237	.143

On Base Pct	.313	.250

Slugging Pct	.420	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.393

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Jared Young (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation