Who Should I Trade?

Juan Soto for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 216
VBR	# 3	# 521

Projections

Runs	44	18
Home Runs	16	3
RBI	41	15
Stolen Bases	7	4
Batting Average	.282	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 5	# 260

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	# 155

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 236

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 462

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	277	116

Runs	44	11

Hits	81	29

Singles	50	19

Doubles	8	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	21	0

RBI	51	9

Stolen Bases	7	6

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	58	9

Strikeouts	43	43

Batting Average	.292	.250

On Base Pct	.413	.307

Slugging Pct	.563	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.976	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	215	128

Runs	44	18

Hits	61	31

Singles	35	21

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	41	15

Stolen Bases	7	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	50	14

Strikeouts	45	36

Batting Average	.282	.243

On Base Pct	.424	.326

Slugging Pct	.554	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.978	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
News
	Juan Soto (calf) returns to the lineup for the New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Juan Soto left Thursday’s game against the Phillies due to left calf soreness. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Juan Soto went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Royals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Juan Soto went 1-for-2 in a 7-6 win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Juan Soto went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Friday’s 5-3 loss to Atlanta. He tied the game with a two-run shot off Grant Holmes in the third inning. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM			Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Juan Soto for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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