Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 273
VBR	# 325	# 1313

Projections

Runs	8	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.241	.083

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 262

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 244

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	481	120

Runs	69	14

Hits	109	20

Singles	81	13

Doubles	20	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	34	10

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	95	10

Strikeouts	125	53

Batting Average	.227	.167

On Base Pct	.360	.259

Slugging Pct	.316	.292

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	54	3

Runs	8	0

Hits	13	0

Singles	8	0

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	15	1

Batting Average	.241	.083

On Base Pct	.350	.131

Slugging Pct	.414	.154

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.285

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
News
	Taylor Ward is back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	Taylor Ward is hopeful to be back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	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
	Taylor Ward remains out of the Mariners lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	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
	Taylor Ward is not in the Mariners lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Taylor Ward is not in the Mariners lineup on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
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,RF,DH - SEA			Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#388	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#389
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#358	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-1)	#246	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Taylor Ward (2026)

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