Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Montes for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 1262	‐

Projections

Runs	5	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.222	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 240	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 244	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Batting Average	.167	‐

On Base Pct	.259	‐

Slugging Pct	.292	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	32	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.420	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
News
	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	Mariners top prospect Lázaro Montes has been promoted to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Mariners reassigned OF Lazaro Montes to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN			Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Montes for Matt Wallner (2026)

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