Who Should I Trade?

Jose Ramirez for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 9	# 1244

Projections

Runs	16	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.267	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 77	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	14

Runs	58	0

Hits	90	4

Singles	57	3

Doubles	23	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	44	1

Stolen Bases	31	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	55	1

Strikeouts	59	2

Batting Average	.240	.286

On Base Pct	.336	.333

Slugging Pct	.381	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	8

Runs	16	1

Hits	26	2

Singles	16	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	13	2

Batting Average	.267	.214

On Base Pct	.360	.249

Slugging Pct	.455	.307

On-base Plus Slugging	.815	.556

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Jose Ramirez went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels with one stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jose Ramirez went 3-for-6 in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Angels with three doubles, five RBI, one stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jose Ramirez is not in the Guardians lineup on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox with a walk, an RBI, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Jose Ramirez went 1-for-4 in Friday's 8-2 win over the White Sox with a walk, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Ramirez for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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