Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 218	# 216
VBR	# 261	# 485

Projections

Runs	22	17
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	17	15
Stolen Bases	9	4
Batting Average	.247	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 215	# 261

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	# 238

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 233	# 462

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 223	# 199

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	275	123

Runs	36	13

Hits	62	31

Singles	40	20

Doubles	12	10

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	32	9

Stolen Bases	11	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	17	9

Strikeouts	54	46

Batting Average	.226	.252

On Base Pct	.283	.306

Slugging Pct	.371	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.656

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	177	125

Runs	22	17

Hits	44	30

Singles	32	20

Doubles	8	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	17	15

Stolen Bases	9	4

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	13	14

Strikeouts	36	36

Batting Average	.247	.243

On Base Pct	.304	.326

Slugging Pct	.348	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	.704

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
News
	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with a walk and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Jacob Young is in the Nationals lineup on Monday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Jacob Young was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Pirates with left hand soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Young CF - WSH			Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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