Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Josh Naylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 49	‐
VBR	# 26	‐

Projections

Runs	20	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	21	‐
Stolen Bases	6	‐
Batting Average	.267	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 397

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	436	24

Runs	44	1

Hits	115	2

Singles	88	1

Doubles	17	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	43	0

Stolen Bases	23	0

Caught Stealing	6	0

Walks	39	2

Strikeouts	60	8

Batting Average	.264	.083

On Base Pct	.331	.154

Slugging Pct	.372	.125

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.279

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	149	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	27	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Batting Average	.267	‐

On Base Pct	.337	‐

Slugging Pct	.431	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Braves signed Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor is out of Tuesday's lineup due to right wrist soreness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Aug 11th	The Diamondbacks released 1B Carlos Santana. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Josh Naylor went 3-for-4 with two home runs in the Mariners 3-2 loss against the Rays on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Diamondbacks activated Carlos Santana from the injured list and designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Josh Naylor was fine after leaving Sunday's game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Carlos Santana was hit by a pitch three times in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Josh Naylor left Sunday's game against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Diamondbacks sent Carlos Santana to the Arizona Complex League to begin a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA			Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#244	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#257	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#296	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#195
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#426
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#270
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#254	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#257	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#386	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#275	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#264
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#335
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#87	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#348	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#211
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#28	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#338
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#186	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#62	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#338
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#138
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#319
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#67	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#62	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#269
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Josh Naylor (2026)

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