Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Church for Spencer Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	# 287
VBR	# 698	# 1092

Projections

Runs	12	9
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	11	10
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.246	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 307	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	# 451

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 159

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	292	108

Runs	37	10

Hits	69	23

Singles	50	14

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	35	13

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	17	12

Strikeouts	63	45

Batting Average	.236	.213

On Base Pct	.283	.292

Slugging Pct	.366	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.649	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	97	68

Runs	12	9

Hits	24	15

Singles	17	8

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	11	10

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	6	6

Strikeouts	19	27

Batting Average	.246	.216

On Base Pct	.297	.286

Slugging Pct	.368	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Yankees with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with one home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Spencer Jones went 1-for-2 in a win over the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Spencer Jones will get "a lot" of playing time in left field. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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 Yankees recalled Spencer Jones from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
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			Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Church for Spencer Jones (2026)

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