Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	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	# 144	‐
VBR	# 1109	# 1264

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.233	.210

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 204	# 371

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 152	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	340	14

Runs	54	0

Hits	81	4

Singles	50	3

Doubles	15	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	16	0

RBI	40	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	35	1

Strikeouts	86	2

Batting Average	.238	.286

On Base Pct	.319	.333

Slugging Pct	.424	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	12

Runs	9	2

Hits	14	3

Singles	9	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	15	3

Batting Average	.233	.210

On Base Pct	.317	.257

Slugging Pct	.402	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.575

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Spencer Steer will have his wrist re-evaluated on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Spencer Steer will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Reds are placing Spencer Steer on the injured list after suffering a hand/wrist injury on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Spencer Steer left Sunday's game early with an apparent hand injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Spencer Steer is back in the Reds lineup on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#236	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#352	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#282
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#391	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#366
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Spencer Steer (2026)

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