Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 720	# 1324

Projections

Runs	12	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.246	.176

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 307	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	2

Runs	37	1

Hits	67	0

Singles	48	0

Doubles	9	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	35	0

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	63	0

Batting Average	.233	.000

On Base Pct	.280	.333

Slugging Pct	.365	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.644	.333

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	11

Runs	12	1

Hits	23	2

Singles	17	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	19	3

Batting Average	.246	.176

On Base Pct	.295	.265

Slugging Pct	.364	.252

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.517

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said the team is promoting OF Christian Franklin. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Nathan Church (2026)

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