Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Josh Naylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	# 129
VBR	# 47	# 85

Projections

Runs	26	27
Home Runs	7	11
RBI	29	32
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.264	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 133

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	# 82

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	# 147

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	# 81

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 162

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	379	367

Runs	40	43

Hits	98	88

Singles	77	55

Doubles	13	15

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	18

RBI	37	64

Stolen Bases	21	2

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	32	30

Strikeouts	50	105

Batting Average	.259	.240

On Base Pct	.322	.301

Slugging Pct	.356	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.729

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	199	207

Runs	26	27

Hits	53	50

Singles	36	30

Doubles	10	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	11

RBI	29	32

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	14

Strikeouts	32	58

Batting Average	.264	.243

On Base Pct	.333	.298

Slugging Pct	.424	.447

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.745

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Jake Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Josh Naylor is considered day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
	Josh Naylor had X-rays return negative on his shin injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	Jake Burger went 3-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI, and a stolen base in Saturday’s 7-4 win over the Blue Jays. All three of his hits were singles, and the multi-hit effort was his third in his last six games. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA			Jake Burger 1B - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Josh Naylor (2026)

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