Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Packy Naughton (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 759	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.44	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	9.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	15.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
News
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Packy Naughton (2026)

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