Who Should I Trade?

Mike Tauchman for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 298	‐
VBR	# 549	# 1286

Projections

Runs	13	3
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.244	.221

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	262	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	59	‐

Singles	41	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Batting Average	.225	‐

On Base Pct	.268	‐

Slugging Pct	.359	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.627	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	19

Runs	13	3

Hits	26	4

Singles	18	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	21	5

Batting Average	.244	.221

On Base Pct	.295	.313

Slugging Pct	.368	.332

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	Mets outfielder Mike Tauchman underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss six weeks. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 26th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mike Tauchman has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Mike Tauchman left Saturday’s spring training game against the Astros with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Mets and outfielder Mike Tauchman have agreed to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Mon, Feb 16th
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Mike Tauchman for Nathan Church (2026)

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