Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Jacob Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 253	‐

Projections

Runs	19	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.248	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 216	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 223	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 233	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	22

Runs	40	4

Hits	70	4

Singles	45	2

Doubles	14	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	38	2

Stolen Bases	13	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	21	2

Strikeouts	57	8

Batting Average	.237	.182

On Base Pct	.298	.280

Slugging Pct	.390	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	21

Runs	19	3

Hits	36	5

Singles	27	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	30	6

Batting Average	.248	.214

On Base Pct	.305	.283

Slugging Pct	.348	.405

On-base Plus Slugging	.653	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Jacob Young went 2-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Jacob Young went 3-for-4 in Monday's 7-3 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a walk and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 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
	Jacob Young CF - WSH			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Jacob Young (2026)

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