Who Should I Trade?

Josh Naylor for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	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	# 53	‐
VBR	# 56	# 1145

Projections

Runs	24	7
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	26	7
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.265	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	# 372

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	399	14

Runs	42	0

Hits	104	4

Singles	81	3

Doubles	15	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	38	1

Stolen Bases	21	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	33	1

Strikeouts	54	2

Batting Average	.261	.286

On Base Pct	.323	.333

Slugging Pct	.358	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	182	54

Runs	24	7

Hits	48	14

Singles	33	9

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	26	7

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	29	14

Batting Average	.265	.259

On Base Pct	.334	.309

Slugging Pct	.425	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Josh Naylor is considered day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Josh Naylor had X-rays return negative on his shin injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Naylor for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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