Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Kyle Isbel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 322	‐
VBR	# 781	# 1317

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.238	.191

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	164	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	29	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.298	‐

Slugging Pct	.354	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	8

Runs	14	1

Hits	26	2

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	25	2

Batting Average	.238	.191

On Base Pct	.289	.274

Slugging Pct	.356	.229

On-base Plus Slugging	.645	.503

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
News
	The Royals are expected to send Kyle Isbel on a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Kyle Isbel participated in a full team workout on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Kyle Isbel will not be going on a rehab assignment as expected on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Kyle Isbel began swinging on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th
	Kyle Isbel was diagnosed with a Grade 3 tear of a portion of his left plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC			Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Kyle Isbel (2026)

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