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	# 51	‐
VBR	# 38	# 1302

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.266	.210

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 370

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	‐

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


At Bats	450	14

Runs	47	0

Hits	120	4

Singles	92	3

Doubles	18	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	44	1

Stolen Bases	24	0

Caught Stealing	7	0

Walks	39	1

Strikeouts	63	2

Batting Average	.267	.286

On Base Pct	.331	.333

Slugging Pct	.373	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.691

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


At Bats	138	10

Runs	18	1

Hits	37	2

Singles	25	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	22	3

Batting Average	.266	.210

On Base Pct	.336	.248

Slugging Pct	.426	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.762	.548

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 Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor is out of Tuesday's lineup due to right wrist soreness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Aug 11th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Josh Naylor went 3-for-4 with two home runs in the Mariners 3-2 loss against the Rays on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Josh Naylor was fine after leaving Sunday's game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Josh Naylor left Sunday's game against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
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 (4-13)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#314	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#255	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#261	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#327	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#242
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#202	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#221
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#230	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#88	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
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)	#259
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
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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