Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Josh Naylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 56	‐

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	26	3
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.265	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	403	18

Runs	42	3

Hits	106	2

Singles	83	0

Doubles	15	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	38	0

Stolen Bases	21	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	33	1

Strikeouts	55	8

Batting Average	.263	.111

On Base Pct	.324	.200

Slugging Pct	.360	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	182	21

Runs	24	3

Hits	48	4

Singles	33	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	26	3

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	29	7

Batting Average	.265	.190

On Base Pct	.334	.244

Slugging Pct	.425	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.554

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Josh Naylor is considered day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Josh Naylor had X-rays return negative on his shin injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Josh Naylor (2026)

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