Who Should I Trade?

Ronald Acuna Jr. for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 24	# 216
VBR	# 10	# 521

Projections

Runs	39	18
Home Runs	11	3
RBI	30	15
Stolen Bases	11	4
Batting Average	.277	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 260

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	# 155

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 11	# 236

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 462

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	195	116

Runs	31	11

Hits	49	29

Singles	31	19

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	22	9

Stolen Bases	15	6

Caught Stealing	7	1

Walks	35	9

Strikeouts	52	43

Batting Average	.251	.250

On Base Pct	.373	.307

Slugging Pct	.421	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	128

Runs	39	18

Hits	56	31

Singles	35	21

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	3

RBI	30	15

Stolen Bases	11	4

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	34	14

Strikeouts	51	36

Batting Average	.277	.243

On Base Pct	.389	.326

Slugging Pct	.492	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.881	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
News
	Ronald Acuna Jr. will play in rehab games for Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday and Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Braves manager Walt Weiss said that he wouldn't rule out OF Ronald Acuña Jr. returning on the current homestand Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. (hamstring) will have his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam in his latest rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. is playing in his third rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL			Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Ronald Acuna Jr. for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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