Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1146

Projections

Runs	5	7
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	5	8
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.211	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 397	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	24	14

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	4

Singles	1	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	8	2

Batting Average	.083	.286

On Base Pct	.154	.333

Slugging Pct	.125	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.279	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	36	57

Runs	5	7

Hits	8	15

Singles	5	10

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	5	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	8	15

Batting Average	.211	.257

On Base Pct	.300	.308

Slugging Pct	.338	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	The Braves signed Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Diamondbacks released 1B Carlos Santana. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Diamondbacks activated Carlos Santana from the injured list and designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Carlos Santana was hit by a pitch three times in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Orioles infielder Ryan Mount Castle has been diagnosed with a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot, according to manager Craig Albernaz. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 12th
	The Diamondbacks sent Carlos Santana to the Arizona Complex League to begin a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Ryan Mountcastle left Saturday’s game against the Giants with left foot pain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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