Who Should I Trade?

Luke Raley for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 89	‐

Projections

Runs	18	4
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	19	5
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.248	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	# 250

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	# 238

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 332

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	262

Runs	53	28

Hits	116	59

Singles	79	34

Doubles	20	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	15	15

RBI	64	39

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	70	15

Strikeouts	124	93

Batting Average	.244	.225

On Base Pct	.351	.284

Slugging Pct	.389	.439

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	31

Runs	18	4

Hits	31	7

Singles	19	4

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	19	5

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	3

Strikeouts	35	11

Batting Average	.248	.230

On Base Pct	.342	.329

Slugging Pct	.443	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Luke Raley confirmed he will undergo undergo season-ending surgery to repair a serious tear in his left forearm. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Luke Raley is likely out for the season. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Mariners are placing Luke Raley on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Luke Raley is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#262
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#313
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Raley for Michael Busch (2026)

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