Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 290	# 297
VBR	# 404	# 561

Projections

Runs	14	13
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	15	12
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.274	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 242	# 234

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 279	# 308

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	209	262

Runs	27	32

Hits	54	59

Singles	38	41

Doubles	11	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	8

RBI	19	30

Stolen Bases	2	5

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	23	14

Strikeouts	25	58

Batting Average	.258	.225

On Base Pct	.339	.268

Slugging Pct	.378	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.627

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	106

Runs	14	13

Hits	31	26

Singles	22	18

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	12

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	10	7

Strikeouts	16	21

Batting Average	.274	.244

On Base Pct	.341	.295

Slugging Pct	.412	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.663

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
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	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	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	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th
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			Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Nathan Church (2026)

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