Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 298	‐
VBR	# 936	‐

Projections

Runs	11	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.234	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	262	‐

Runs	37	‐

Hits	63	‐

Singles	44	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	5	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	37	‐

Stolen Bases	10	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	30	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.363	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.682	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	4

Runs	11	1

Hits	20	1

Singles	14	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	21	1

Batting Average	.234	.143

On Base Pct	.288	.250

Slugging Pct	.370	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.658	.393

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one stolen base, a walk and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Leody Taveras (2026)

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