Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 404	# 1284

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.241	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	202	55

Runs	26	8

Hits	53	12

Singles	34	5

Doubles	10	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	25	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	5

Strikeouts	43	17

Batting Average	.262	.218

On Base Pct	.338	.283

Slugging Pct	.436	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	5

Runs	13	1

Hits	24	1

Singles	14	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	0

Strikeouts	26	1

Batting Average	.241	.184

On Base Pct	.317	.225

Slugging Pct	.428	.245

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.470

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	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	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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 Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	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	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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 Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#210
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#252	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Ryan Ward (2026)

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