Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Tyler Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1254	‐

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.207	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 485

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	27

Runs	0	2

Hits	4	9

Singles	3	5

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	2	7

Batting Average	.286	.333

On Base Pct	.333	.357

Slugging Pct	.357	.482

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.839

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	4

Runs	2	1

Hits	2	1

Singles	2	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	3	1

Batting Average	.207	.143

On Base Pct	.248	.250

Slugging Pct	.317	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.564	.393

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
News
	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Milwaukee Brewers optioned Tyler Black to Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 12th
	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tyler Black went 2-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, a walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, May 1st
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Brewers recalled Tyler Black from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Brewers have optioned infielder Tyler Black to Triple-A Nashville. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	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			Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#248	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#198
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Tyler Black (2026)

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