Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Clifford for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1291	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.224	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 371	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	‐

Runs	0	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	3	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.286	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.357	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.224	‐

On Base Pct	.281	‐

Slugging Pct	.337	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.618	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
News
	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Mets have reassigned infielder Ryan Clifford to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL			Ryan Clifford 1B,OF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Clifford for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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