Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	# 152
VBR	# 95	# 172

Projections

Runs	27	20
Home Runs	8	5
RBI	25	19
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.249	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	# 106

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	# 173

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 163

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	# 151

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	408	350

Runs	64	50

Hits	100	94

Singles	73	60

Doubles	20	19

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	7	12

RBI	30	58

Stolen Bases	4	8

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	87	27

Strikeouts	102	89

Batting Average	.245	.269

On Base Pct	.383	.322

Slugging Pct	.346	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	181	160

Runs	27	20

Hits	45	41

Singles	28	27

Doubles	9	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	5

RBI	25	19

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	27	11

Strikeouts	48	41

Batting Average	.249	.257

On Base Pct	.350	.308

Slugging Pct	.428	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
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	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with two home runs, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Taylor Ward (2026)

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