Who Should I Trade?

James Outman for Kahlil Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 371	‐
VBR	# 1121	# 1247

Projections

Runs	11	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	4
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.206	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	# 349

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	149	88

Runs	20	6

Hits	24	21

Singles	14	14

Doubles	4	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	16	11

Stolen Bases	6	9

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	67	32

Batting Average	.161	.239

On Base Pct	.219	.264

Slugging Pct	.295	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.514	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	28

Runs	11	3

Hits	16	6

Singles	9	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	4

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	31	10

Batting Average	.206	.205

On Base Pct	.288	.271

Slugging Pct	.382	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.612

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	James Outman went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 2-for-2 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tigers have added outfielder James Outman to the active roster on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET			Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

James Outman for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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