Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 225	‐
VBR	# 409	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	33	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.57	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	103.1	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	98	‐

Earned Runs	41	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	85	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	3.57	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	39.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Friday's win over the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 1st	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Saturday's win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (2026)

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