Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Montes for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	‐
VBR	# 92	‐

Projections

Runs	29	‐
Home Runs	8	‐
RBI	27	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.250	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	‐

Runs	63	‐

Hits	99	‐

Singles	72	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	28	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	83	‐

Strikeouts	98	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.386	‐

Slugging Pct	.354	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	194	‐

Runs	29	‐

Hits	48	‐

Singles	30	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Batting Average	.250	‐

On Base Pct	.349	‐

Slugging Pct	.431	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Mariners top prospect Lázaro Montes has been promoted to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	The Mariners reassigned OF Lazaro Montes to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd
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 - BAL			Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

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