Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Tim Tawa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1259	# 366

Projections

Runs	2	14
Home Runs	0	4
RBI	2	14
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.218	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 418

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 371	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	158

Runs	0	21

Hits	4	37

Singles	3	23

Doubles	1	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	6

RBI	1	26

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	1	13

Strikeouts	2	39

Batting Average	.286	.234

On Base Pct	.333	.287

Slugging Pct	.357	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	109

Runs	2	14

Hits	3	25

Singles	2	16

Doubles	0	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	4

RBI	2	14

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	10

Strikeouts	3	29

Batting Average	.218	.233

On Base Pct	.263	.296

Slugging Pct	.334	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
News
	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Tim Tawa went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 10-4 win over the Padres on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tim Tawa went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 5-1 win over the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Tim Tawa went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 5-3 win over the Dodgers on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Tim Tawa went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 9-3 win over the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The D-backs have recalled infielder/outfielder Tim Tawa from Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
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			Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Tim Tawa (2026)

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