Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Luke Raley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	# 250
VBR	# 1173	‐

Projections

Runs	5	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	6	5
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.222	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 267	# 250

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 332

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 228

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	# 238

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	262

Runs	40	28

Hits	66	59

Singles	42	34

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	13	15

RBI	38	39

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	36	15

Strikeouts	114	93

Batting Average	.212	.225

On Base Pct	.303	.284

Slugging Pct	.375	.439

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	37

Runs	5	5

Hits	9	9

Singles	5	5

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	6	5

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	3

Strikeouts	11	13

Batting Average	.222	.233

On Base Pct	.307	.325

Slugging Pct	.409	.438

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.764

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
News
	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Luke Raley confirmed he will undergo undergo season-ending surgery to repair a serious tear in his left forearm. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Luke Raley is likely out for the season. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Mariners are placing Luke Raley on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Luke Raley is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	Luke Raley remains out of the Mariners lineup on Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE			Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#236
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#391
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Luke Raley (2026)

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