Who Should I Trade?

DaShawn Keirsey for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	DaShawn Keirsey LF,CF,RF - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 101	# 1374

Projections

Runs	28	0
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	25	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.249	.092

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	DaShawn Keirsey LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	405	‐

Runs	64	‐

Hits	100	‐

Singles	73	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	86	‐

Strikeouts	101	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.384	‐

Slugging Pct	.348	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	DaShawn Keirsey LF,CF,RF - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	184	2

Runs	28	0

Hits	46	0

Singles	29	0

Doubles	9	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	25	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	0

Strikeouts	49	1

Batting Average	.249	.092

On Base Pct	.348	.118

Slugging Pct	.427	.136

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.254

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	DaShawn Keirsey LF,CF,RF - ATL
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	The Braves added DaShawn Keirsey to the 40-man roster and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Outfielder DaShawn Keirsey has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Atlanta Braves. David Leisering Sat, Mar 14th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Braves have signed outfielder DaShawn Keirsey to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jan 4th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			DaShawn Keirsey LF,CF,RF - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#237	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

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DaShawn Keirsey for Taylor Ward (2026)

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