Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Ryan Clifford (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	‐
VBR	# 103	‐

Projections

Runs	28	0
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	30	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.000

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	378	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	91	‐

Singles	59	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	54	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	65	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.363	‐

Slugging Pct	.400	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	194	2

Runs	28	0

Hits	48	0

Singles	29	0

Doubles	10	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	30	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	0

Strikeouts	55	1

Batting Average	.249	.000

On Base Pct	.346	.000

Slugging Pct	.452	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
News
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Mets have reassigned infielder Ryan Clifford to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#238
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Ryan Clifford (2026)

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