Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 412	# 1294

Projections

Runs	11	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.241	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 370

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	14

Runs	28	0

Hits	59	4

Singles	37	3

Doubles	12	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	29	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	47	2

Batting Average	.266	.286

On Base Pct	.335	.333

Slugging Pct	.446	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.781	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	10

Runs	11	1

Hits	21	2

Singles	13	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	23	3

Batting Average	.241	.212

On Base Pct	.317	.250

Slugging Pct	.427	.301

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	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	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#310	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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