Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 196	‐
VBR	# 320	# 1366

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.264	.206

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	287	55

Runs	33	8

Hits	85	12

Singles	58	5

Doubles	24	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	40	12

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	29	5

Strikeouts	56	17

Batting Average	.296	.218

On Base Pct	.366	.283

Slugging Pct	.411	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	146	10

Runs	18	1

Hits	38	2

Singles	26	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	31	3

Batting Average	.264	.206

On Base Pct	.328	.286

Slugging Pct	.397	.342

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	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
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	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
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Troy Johnston (2026)

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