Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 89	# 412

Projections

Runs	18	11
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	19	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.248	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	222

Runs	53	28

Hits	116	59

Singles	79	37

Doubles	20	12

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	15	8

RBI	64	29

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	70	18

Strikeouts	124	47

Batting Average	.244	.266

On Base Pct	.351	.335

Slugging Pct	.389	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.781

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	87

Runs	18	11

Hits	31	21

Singles	19	13

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	19	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	35	23

Batting Average	.248	.241

On Base Pct	.342	.317

Slugging Pct	.443	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	Michael Busch went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Jared Young went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Jared Young went 3-for-5 with a triple, one run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Jared Young went 1-for-2 with a walk, one run scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#310
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Michael Busch (2026)

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