Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	‐
VBR	# 302	‐

Projections

Runs	19	3
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	19	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.250	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	267	22

Runs	35	4

Hits	69	4

Singles	42	2

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	43	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	2

Strikeouts	71	8

Batting Average	.258	.182

On Base Pct	.316	.280

Slugging Pct	.483	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	138	23

Runs	19	3

Hits	34	5

Singles	22	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	19	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	35	7

Batting Average	.250	.217

On Base Pct	.317	.294

Slugging Pct	.416	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

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