Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Willson Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	# 185
VBR	# 47	# 204

Projections

Runs	19	15
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	21	16
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.261	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 25	# 156

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 66	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 72	# 222

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 157

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 118

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	396	450

Runs	63	63

Hits	113	117

Singles	65	74

Doubles	21	25

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	25	17

RBI	74	77

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	53	40

Strikeouts	120	103

Batting Average	.285	.260

On Base Pct	.395	.322

Slugging Pct	.538	.433

On-base Plus Slugging	.933	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	113

Runs	19	15

Hits	33	28

Singles	20	18

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	21	16

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	13

Strikeouts	38	25

Batting Average	.261	.249

On Base Pct	.359	.328

Slugging Pct	.469	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.828	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
News
	Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 in Monday's 11-1 win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th
	Willson Contreras went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Blue Jays with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th
	Willson Contreras is in the Red Sox lineup on Wednesday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Willson Contreras is back in the Red Sox lineup on Saturday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Willson Contreras is not in the Red Sox lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS			Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#251	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#263	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#216	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#277
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#364
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#294
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Willson Contreras (2026)

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