Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 125	‐
VBR	# 175	# 1146

Projections

Runs	21	7
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	28	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	381	14

Runs	38	0

Hits	80	4

Singles	50	3

Doubles	15	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	15	0

RBI	44	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	85	2

Batting Average	.210	.286

On Base Pct	.257	.333

Slugging Pct	.368	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	57

Runs	21	7

Hits	45	15

Singles	27	10

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	28	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	41	15

Batting Average	.245	.257

On Base Pct	.297	.308

Slugging Pct	.439	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Giants with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Orioles infielder Ryan Mount Castle has been diagnosed with a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot, according to manager Craig Albernaz. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 12th
	Salvador Perez (elbow) will return to the Royals starting lineup Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Ryan Mountcastle left Saturday’s game against the Giants with left foot pain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Salvador Perez (2026)

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