Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 310	‐
VBR	# 906	‐

Projections

Runs	16	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.211	.167

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	21	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.292	‐

Slugging Pct	.385	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	124	3

Runs	16	1

Hits	26	1

Singles	17	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	40	1

Batting Average	.211	.167

On Base Pct	.290	.286

Slugging Pct	.345	.167

On-base Plus Slugging	.635	.452

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
	Ryan Kreidler was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	The Twins optioned Ryan Kreidler to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th				@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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