Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	‐
VBR	# 325	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.42	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 185

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	56	21

Games Started	5	12

Innings Pitched	54.2	70.0

Wins	5	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	37	71

Earned Runs	19	42

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	89	61

Walks	22	42

ERA	3.13	5.40

WHIP	1.08	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.42	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
News
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Luinder Avila will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Mason Montgomery threw a clean inning in a save on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Luinder Avila is scheduled to undergo testing on his forearm injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Friday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	Luinder Avila allowed six earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals placed RHP Luinder Avila on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Mason Montgomery earned the save despite allowing two runs on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Luinder Avila allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Sunday's win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			Luinder Avila SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Luinder Avila for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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