Who Should I Trade?

Greg Bird for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Greg Bird 1B - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1254	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.207	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Greg Bird 1B - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	‐

Runs	0	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	3	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.286	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.357	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Greg Bird 1B - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.207	‐

On Base Pct	.248	‐

Slugging Pct	.317	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.564	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Greg Bird 1B - FA
News
	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL			Greg Bird 1B - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Greg Bird for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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