Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 250	# 268
VBR	# 1159	# 1229

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.222	.275

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 267	# 232

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 242

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	# 290

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	263

Runs	40	34

Hits	66	72

Singles	42	50

Doubles	10	16

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	13	5

RBI	38	28

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	28

Strikeouts	114	33

Batting Average	.212	.274

On Base Pct	.303	.347

Slugging Pct	.375	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	20	11

Runs	3	1

Hits	4	3

Singles	3	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	6	2

Batting Average	.222	.275

On Base Pct	.297	.350

Slugging Pct	.397	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
News
	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said the MRI showed “a significant hamstring strain” for Masataka Yoshida. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Masataka Yoshida underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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 Red Sox placed Masataka Yoshida on the 10-day injured list with a hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Masataka Yoshida left Saturday’s game in the third inning with an apparent hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Masataka Yoshida is back in the Red Sox lineup on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
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			Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

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