Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Schanuel for Willson Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	# 189
VBR	# 35	# 216

Projections

Runs	23	18
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	26	16
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.265	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 25	# 166

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 66	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 72	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 139

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	371	366

Runs	58	39

Hits	106	97

Singles	63	69

Doubles	18	21

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	23	7

RBI	70	40

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	48	38

Strikeouts	113	56

Batting Average	.286	.265

On Base Pct	.395	.341

Slugging Pct	.531	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.926	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	142

Runs	23	18

Hits	41	37

Singles	24	27

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	26	16

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	17

Strikeouts	45	23

Batting Average	.265	.264

On Base Pct	.363	.350

Slugging Pct	.484	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.847	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
News
	Willson Contreras is back in the Red Sox lineup on Saturday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Nolan Schanuel went 1-for-3 in win over the Marlins with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Willson Contreras is not in the Red Sox lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Giants with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	The Red Sox are hopeful Willson Contreras will be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Nolan Schanuel went 4-for-4 in Thursday’s loss to the Rangers with two doubles, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Willson Contreras is not in the Red Sox lineup on Thursday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Tuesday night, helping the Angels to a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th
	Willson Contreras was removed from Wednesday's game early against the White Sox due to an illness. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Nolan Schanuel went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with a solo home run, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS			Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#346	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Schanuel for Willson Contreras (2026)

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