Who Should I Trade?

Josh Naylor for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 51	‐
VBR	# 56	# 1237

Projections

Runs	25	4
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	27	4
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.262	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	391	‐

Runs	41	‐

Hits	101	‐

Singles	79	‐

Doubles	14	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	37	‐

Stolen Bases	21	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	33	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.356	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	190	31

Runs	25	4

Hits	50	7

Singles	34	5

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	27	4

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	17	3

Strikeouts	30	8

Batting Average	.262	.238

On Base Pct	.333	.307

Slugging Pct	.421	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Josh Naylor is considered day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Josh Naylor had X-rays return negative on his shin injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th
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			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Naylor for Tyler Austin (2026)

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