Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Matt Vierling (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 312	‐
VBR	# 561	‐

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.243	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	261	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	53	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Batting Average	.203	‐

On Base Pct	.254	‐

Slugging Pct	.322	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.575	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	3

Runs	13	1

Hits	26	1

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	0

Strikeouts	25	1

Batting Average	.243	.200

On Base Pct	.304	.200

Slugging Pct	.382	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Matt Vierling went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th
	Matt Vierling went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Matt Vierling (2026)

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