Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	‐
VBR	# 505	‐

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	0
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.243	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 238	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	138	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.313	‐

Slugging Pct	.384	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.697	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	3

Runs	15	1

Hits	28	1

Singles	19	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	33	1

Batting Average	.243	.200

On Base Pct	.322	.200

Slugging Pct	.380	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 15-5 win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
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 Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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