Who Should I Trade?

Jared Jones for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	‐	# 1324

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	14

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	4

Singles	‐	3

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.286

On Base Pct	‐	.333

Slugging Pct	‐	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	10

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	2

Singles	‐	2

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Batting Average	‐	.214

On Base Pct	‐	.251

Slugging Pct	‐	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.584

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
		Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
		Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
		Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
		Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Jones 1B - PIT			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#407	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#32
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#126	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#235
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#360
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#339	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#292	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#338
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#379	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#210	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#208
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#40	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#134	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#197	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#93	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#147	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Jones for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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