Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Colt Emerson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	# 235
VBR	# 301	# 1130

Projections

Runs	8	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.265	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	IL7	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 257	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 270	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	# 319

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	221

Runs	12	24

Hits	38	42

Singles	27	27

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	8

RBI	15	23

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	15

Strikeouts	23	83

Batting Average	.277	.190

On Base Pct	.371	.246

Slugging Pct	.409	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.581

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	62	38

Runs	8	5

Hits	16	8

Singles	12	6

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	10	11

Batting Average	.265	.223

On Base Pct	.345	.298

Slugging Pct	.391	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.650

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
News
	The Mariners placed 3B Brendan Donovan on the seven-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Colt Emerson (wrist) will undergo surgery on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 24th
	Brendan Donovan was scratched Saturday after he was hit in the head by a baseball in the batting cage prior to the game. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Colt Emerson will visit a specialist in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Brendan Donovan was a late scratch from the Mariners lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Mariners placed Colt Emerson on the injured list with left wrist inflammation. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Brendan Donovan went 2-for-3 with two walks in the Mariners 7-5 win over the Brewers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Mariners have optioned shortstop Colt Emerson to Triple-A Tacoma. Brenton Kemp Thu, Aug 13th
	Brendan Donovan went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the Mariners 10-5 win over the Astros on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Colt Emerson went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Mariners 4-2 win over the Tigers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA			Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Colt Emerson (2026)

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