Who Should I Trade?

Josh Naylor for Otto Kemp (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 56	‐
VBR	# 52	‐

Projections

Runs	21	3
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	23	2
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.261	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 55	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	25

Runs	42	0

Hits	109	2

Singles	85	2

Doubles	16	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	40	0

Stolen Bases	22	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	37	1

Strikeouts	59	10

Batting Average	.258	.080

On Base Pct	.323	.148

Slugging Pct	.352	.080

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.228

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	16

Runs	21	3

Hits	42	4

Singles	29	3

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	23	2

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	26	5

Batting Average	.261	.250

On Base Pct	.332	.294

Slugging Pct	.416	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
News
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Josh Naylor was fine after leaving Sunday's game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Phillies optioned Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Josh Naylor left Sunday's game against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Phillies optioned INF/OF Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Otto Kemp was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Phillies optioned INF/OF Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
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 Naylor 1B,DH - SEA			Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#265
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#341
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Naylor for Otto Kemp (2026)

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