Who Should I Trade?

Jonathon Long for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	‐
VBR	# 90	# 1198

Projections

Runs	22	4
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	23	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	448	‐

Runs	52	‐

Hits	111	‐

Singles	75	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	63	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	68	‐

Strikeouts	117	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.358	‐

Slugging Pct	.395	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	31

Runs	22	4

Hits	38	8

Singles	22	5

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	23	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	3

Strikeouts	42	8

Batting Average	.251	.241

On Base Pct	.346	.316

Slugging Pct	.453	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Cubs reassigned INF Jonathon Long to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Cubs infielder Jonathon Long has turned a corner in his recovery from a left elbow sprain, according to manager Craig Counsell. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Cubs infield prospect Jonathon Long (left elbow sprain) is coming along slower than hoped in his recovery from a Cactus League game injury on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 25th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Jonathon Long left Saturday’s Cactus League game against the Rangers with a left elbow sprain. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 22nd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107

Who Should I Trade?

Jonathon Long for Michael Busch (2026)

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