Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 213	# 1298

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.188

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	415	55

Runs	57	8

Hits	106	12

Singles	66	5

Doubles	24	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	69	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	5

Strikeouts	97	17

Batting Average	.255	.218

On Base Pct	.317	.283

Slugging Pct	.427	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	138	6

Runs	18	1

Hits	34	1

Singles	22	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	0

Strikeouts	31	2

Batting Average	.248	.188

On Base Pct	.326	.226

Slugging Pct	.418	.245

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.471

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#267	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#148	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#398	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#398	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#323	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#181	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#201
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#184	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Ryan Ward (2026)

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