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	# 306	‐
VBR	# 264	# 686

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.178	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	‐

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	434	50

Runs	53	6

Hits	107	9

Singles	78	7

Doubles	17	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	50	1

Stolen Bases	10	3

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	25	7

Strikeouts	81	15

Batting Average	.247	.180

On Base Pct	.290	.305

Slugging Pct	.364	.220

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.525

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


At Bats	9	4

Runs	1	1

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	2	1

Batting Average	.178	.219

On Base Pct	.219	.333

Slugging Pct	.242	.270

On-base Plus Slugging	.461	.602

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
News
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Sep 13th	The Orioles activated OF Christian Franklin from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Rockies with a run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 5th	Christian Franklin is initiating a hitting progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Orioles with a double, one run scored, two RBI, one stolen base, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	The Orioles placed OF Christian Franklin on the 10-day injured list with left hand inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in loss to the Orioles with a home run, two hits, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said the team is promoting OF Christian Franklin. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Nathan Church went 0-for-2 in a win over the Rockies with one walk, one RBI, one stolen base, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
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 (16-5)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (4-3)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)		vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192	@ NYM	Xzavion Curry (0-1)
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156	vs TOR	CJ Van Eyk (0-2)	#209
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Nathan Church (2026)

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