Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Tyler Black (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1316	‐

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.177	.133

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	# 485

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	55	27

Runs	8	2

Hits	12	9

Singles	5	5

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Batting Average	.218	.333

On Base Pct	.283	.357

Slugging Pct	.455	.482

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.839

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	8

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	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Batting Average	.177	.133

On Base Pct	.251	.235

Slugging Pct	.234	.133

On-base Plus Slugging	.484	.369

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
News
	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Milwaukee Brewers optioned Tyler Black to Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 12th
	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	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 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 Brewers recalled Tyler Black from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Brewers have optioned infielder Tyler Black to Triple-A Nashville. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	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			Tyler Black 1B,DH - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Tyler Black (2026)

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