Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Josh Naylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 56	# 89
VBR	# 52	# 93

Projections

Runs	21	22
Home Runs	6	9
RBI	23	26
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.261	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 55	# 99

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	# 72

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	# 101

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 65

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 83

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 94

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	420

Runs	42	58

Hits	109	100

Singles	85	53

Doubles	16	24

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	22

RBI	40	67

Stolen Bases	22	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	37	40

Strikeouts	59	112

Batting Average	.258	.238

On Base Pct	.323	.316

Slugging Pct	.352	.457

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.773

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	161

Runs	21	22

Hits	42	38

Singles	29	22

Doubles	8	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	9

RBI	23	26

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	16

Strikeouts	26	45

Batting Average	.261	.237

On Base Pct	.332	.315

Slugging Pct	.416	.445

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Christian Walker 1B - HOU
News
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Josh Naylor was fine after leaving Sunday's game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Josh Naylor left Sunday's game against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Christian Walker is back in the Astros lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
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			Christian Walker 1B - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#152
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Josh Naylor (2026)

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