Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 816	# 393

Projections

Runs	10	14
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	10	14
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.247	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	300	193

Runs	37	24

Hits	74	48

Singles	46	30

Doubles	11	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	7

RBI	44	22

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	24	18

Strikeouts	79	42

Batting Average	.247	.249

On Base Pct	.308	.330

Slugging Pct	.450	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.750

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	71	103

Runs	10	14

Hits	18	25

Singles	11	15

Doubles	3	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	10	14

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	10

Strikeouts	18	27

Batting Average	.247	.239

On Base Pct	.314	.315

Slugging Pct	.420	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#323	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#259
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

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