Who Should I Trade?

Josh Lowe for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 246	# 291
VBR	# 267	# 473

Projections

Runs	18	13
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	18	13
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.235	.275

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 241	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 240	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 194	# 280

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 392	# 242

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	184	203

Runs	17	27

Hits	38	53

Singles	26	37

Doubles	4	11

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	22	19

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	22

Strikeouts	54	25

Batting Average	.207	.261

On Base Pct	.258	.341

Slugging Pct	.359	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.616	.725

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	142	102

Runs	18	13

Hits	33	28

Singles	21	19

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	18	13

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	9

Strikeouts	43	15

Batting Average	.235	.275

On Base Pct	.299	.341

Slugging Pct	.400	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	.756

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
News
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-4 in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-2 in Sunday's win over the A's with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Roman Anthony's recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than originally anticipated, clearing up the outfield and DH logjam that had limited Yoshida's playing time earlier in the season. Yoshida lost sight of a fly ball in left field in the fourth inning Sunday, allowing the Guardians to take a lead, before delivering a two-run single during Boston's six-run seventh inning to put the Red Sox ahead for good. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st
	The Angels recalled OF Josh Lowe from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA			Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Lowe for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

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