Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	# 288
VBR	# 95	# 327

Projections

Runs	27	15
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	25	15
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.249	.271

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 279

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 242

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	410	227

Runs	64	30

Hits	101	60

Singles	74	43

Doubles	20	11

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	30	22

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	87	24

Strikeouts	103	27

Batting Average	.246	.264

On Base Pct	.383	.341

Slugging Pct	.346	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.729

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	181	114

Runs	27	15

Hits	45	31

Singles	28	22

Doubles	9	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	25	15

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	10

Strikeouts	48	16

Batting Average	.249	.271

On Base Pct	.350	.338

Slugging Pct	.428	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Taylor Ward (2026)

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