Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1302	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.210	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	22

Runs	0	4

Hits	4	4

Singles	3	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	2	8

Batting Average	.286	.182

On Base Pct	.333	.280

Slugging Pct	.357	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	10	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.210	‐

On Base Pct	.248	‐

Slugging Pct	.300	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.548	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#366
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#273
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#242	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#203	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#221	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#361
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#192
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#313
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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