Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 243	‐
VBR	# 285	# 1255

Projections

Runs	22	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	18	3
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.232	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 239	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 243	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	# 372

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	191	14

Runs	26	0

Hits	41	4

Singles	33	3

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	1

Strikeouts	48	2

Batting Average	.215	.286

On Base Pct	.309	.333

Slugging Pct	.288	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	158	25

Runs	22	3

Hits	37	6

Singles	24	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	18	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	2

Strikeouts	37	7

Batting Average	.232	.242

On Base Pct	.328	.291

Slugging Pct	.368	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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Jake Cronenworth for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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