Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Church for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 306	‐
VBR	# 264	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.178	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	434	55

Runs	53	8

Hits	107	12

Singles	78	5

Doubles	17	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	50	12

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	25	5

Strikeouts	81	17

Batting Average	.247	.218

On Base Pct	.290	.283

Slugging Pct	.364	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.654	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	9	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.178	‐

On Base Pct	.219	‐

Slugging Pct	.242	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.461	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - FA
News
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a double and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Sep 13th	The Dodgers designated OF Ryan Ward for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Rockies with a run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 5th	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Orioles with a double, one run scored, two RBI, one stolen base, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in loss to the Orioles with a home run, two hits, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Nathan Church went 0-for-2 in a win over the Rockies with one walk, one RBI, one stolen base, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (4-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Church for Ryan Ward (2026)

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