Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	‐
VBR	# 367	# 1274

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.261	.206

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 134	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	249	14

Runs	28	0

Hits	66	4

Singles	46	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	32	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	42	2

Batting Average	.265	.286

On Base Pct	.294	.333

Slugging Pct	.426	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	9

Runs	8	1

Hits	18	2

Singles	13	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	0

Strikeouts	13	3

Batting Average	.261	.206

On Base Pct	.296	.239

Slugging Pct	.411	.291

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Mountcastle for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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