Who Should I Trade?

Matt Vierling for Mike Trout (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	# 312
VBR	# 97	# 606

Projections

Runs	32	15
Home Runs	11	3
RBI	28	14
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.244	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	300	253

Runs	59	23

Hits	70	53

Singles	38	34

Doubles	14	12

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	18	5

RBI	39	30

Stolen Bases	8	4

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	71	19

Strikeouts	95	46

Batting Average	.233	.210

On Base Pct	.387	.261

Slugging Pct	.460	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.847	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	181	120

Runs	32	15

Hits	44	29

Singles	25	20

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	3

RBI	28	14

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	34	10

Strikeouts	62	28

Batting Average	.244	.245

On Base Pct	.377	.306

Slugging Pct	.478	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.694

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
News
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Matt Vierling went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Mike Trout went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Mike Trout (hamstring) has been activated from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) is on track to return from the injured list on Wednesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) said he is hopeful to return as soon as Tuesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Matt Vierling went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Vierling for Mike Trout (2026)

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