Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 291	# 268
VBR	# 492	# 1263

Projections

Runs	14	5
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	14	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.273	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 240

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 244

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 242	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 280	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	191	120

Runs	25	14

Hits	51	20

Singles	35	13

Doubles	11	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	18	10

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	10

Strikeouts	25	53

Batting Average	.267	.167

On Base Pct	.341	.259

Slugging Pct	.398	.292

On-base Plus Slugging	.739	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	109	37

Runs	14	5

Hits	30	8

Singles	21	4

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	14	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	16	13

Batting Average	.273	.211

On Base Pct	.339	.304

Slugging Pct	.413	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
News
	Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Roman Anthony's recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than originally anticipated, clearing up the outfield and DH logjam that had limited Yoshida's playing time earlier in the season. Yoshida lost sight of a fly ball in left field in the fourth inning Sunday, allowing the Guardians to take a lead, before delivering a two-run single during Boston's six-run seventh inning to put the Red Sox ahead for good. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS			Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Matt Wallner (2026)

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