Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 128
VBR	# 222	# 112

Projections

Runs	10	11
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	9	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.239	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 94

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	# 91

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 115

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 159

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 147

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	372

Runs	69	46

Hits	109	91

Singles	81	48

Doubles	20	23

Triples	1	4

Home Runs	7	16

RBI	34	56

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	95	42

Strikeouts	124	135

Batting Average	.229	.245

On Base Pct	.363	.331

Slugging Pct	.319	.457

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.788

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	81

Runs	10	11

Hits	17	19

Singles	10	11

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	9	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	9

Strikeouts	20	27

Batting Average	.239	.240

On Base Pct	.346	.326

Slugging Pct	.411	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.777

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
News
	Taylor Ward is back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Kyle Stowers is in the middle of a return-to-play running progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Taylor Ward is hopeful to be back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Kyle Stowers was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday with a left hamstring strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Aug 11th
	Taylor Ward remains out of the Mariners lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Kyle Stowers left Sunday’s game against the Angels due to left hamstring discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Taylor Ward is not in the Mariners lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Kyle Stowers went 4-for-4 with a walk and two RBI in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th
	Taylor Ward is not in the Mariners lineup on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA			Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#374	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Wed, Jul 1st				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-0)	#294	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Stowers for Taylor Ward (2026)

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