Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Starling Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 291	# 350
VBR	# 514	# 958

Projections

Runs	14	10
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	15	9
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.272	.262

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 280	# 299

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 242	# 419

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	187	112

Runs	25	12

Hits	50	30

Singles	34	25

Doubles	11	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	18	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	19	8

Strikeouts	24	34

Batting Average	.267	.268

On Base Pct	.343	.328

Slugging Pct	.401	.330

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	80

Runs	14	10

Hits	31	21

Singles	22	15

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	9

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	10	6

Strikeouts	17	20

Batting Average	.272	.262

On Base Pct	.337	.324

Slugging Pct	.407	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC
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	Starling Marte went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox with one run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Starling Marte went 3-for-5 in the win over the Cardinals with a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 19th
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Starling Marte went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, May 1st
	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	Starling Marte's wait in free agency is over as he has reportedly agreed to a deal with the Kansas City Royals. The deal will be official once Marte passes his physical. David Leisering Sat, Feb 28th
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			Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Starling Marte (2026)

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