Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Tim Elko (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1282	# 1286

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.209	.199

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	55	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.283	‐

Slugging Pct	.455	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	4

Runs	1	1

Hits	1	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	0

Strikeouts	1	2

Batting Average	.209	.199

On Base Pct	.253	.221

Slugging Pct	.269	.257

On-base Plus Slugging	.522	.478

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
News
	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	White Sox first baseman Tim Elko is beginning a minor league rehab assignment with High-A Winston-Salem on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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 Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD			Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#281	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#368	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#51	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#214	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#177	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#325	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#313	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#210	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#51	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Tim Elko (2026)

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