Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Nick Castellanos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	# 366
VBR	# 1204	‐

Projections

Runs	0	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	0	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.100	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 262	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 244	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 306	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 472

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	115

Runs	14	9

Hits	20	22

Singles	13	13

Doubles	3	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	10	20

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	5

Strikeouts	53	34

Batting Average	.167	.191

On Base Pct	.259	.221

Slugging Pct	.292	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	3	‐

Runs	0	‐

Hits	0	‐

Singles	0	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	0	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.100	‐

On Base Pct	.155	‐

Slugging Pct	.188	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.344	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#162
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#386
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#190
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#360
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#301
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#301
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#395
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#227
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#143
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#156
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#302
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#134
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#247
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Nick Castellanos (2026)

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