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	# 49	# 129
VBR	# 30	# 97

Projections

Runs	20	20
Home Runs	6	8
RBI	22	24
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.264	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	# 126

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	# 82

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	# 147

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 64

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 162

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


At Bats	430	417

Runs	44	49

Hits	113	99

Singles	86	63

Doubles	17	17

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	19

RBI	42	68

Stolen Bases	23	2

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	37	34

Strikeouts	59	122

Batting Average	.263	.237

On Base Pct	.328	.298

Slugging Pct	.372	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.713

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


At Bats	154	155

Runs	20	20

Hits	41	38

Singles	27	23

Doubles	8	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	8

RBI	22	24

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	11

Strikeouts	25	43

Batting Average	.264	.242

On Base Pct	.333	.298

Slugging Pct	.425	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
News
	Josh Naylor went 3-for-4 with two home runs in the Mariners 3-2 loss against the Rays on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Josh Naylor was fine after leaving Sunday's game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Josh Naylor left Sunday's game against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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 back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	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
	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-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
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 (4-11)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#401	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	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 (11-6)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Josh Naylor (2026)

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