Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	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	# 101	‐
VBR	# 137	# 516

Projections

Runs	26	17
Home Runs	7	5
RBI	28	17
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.265	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	320	148

Runs	51	17

Hits	90	36

Singles	61	23

Doubles	13	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	16	6

RBI	64	18

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	28	13

Strikeouts	79	34

Batting Average	.281	.243

On Base Pct	.346	.323

Slugging Pct	.472	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.817	.736

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	191	128

Runs	26	17

Hits	51	30

Singles	34	18

Doubles	9	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	28	17

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	12

Strikeouts	43	35

Batting Average	.265	.237

On Base Pct	.339	.313

Slugging Pct	.431	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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 O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-4 with a solo home run on Tuesday during the Pirates' 12-3 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Tue, Jun 9th	Jared Young was activated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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