Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Yandy Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 38	# 1284

Projections

Runs	24	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	22	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.287	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 37	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 37	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 75	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 40	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	443	55

Runs	64	8

Hits	134	12

Singles	96	5

Doubles	21	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	67	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	43	5

Strikeouts	73	17

Batting Average	.303	.218

On Base Pct	.372	.283

Slugging Pct	.463	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	5

Runs	24	1

Hits	47	1

Singles	33	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	22	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	28	1

Batting Average	.287	.184

On Base Pct	.364	.225

Slugging Pct	.446	.245

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	.470

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Yandy Diaz went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 10-6 win against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Yandy Diaz went 4-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Yandy Diaz went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Yandy Diaz is not starting at first base on Thursday for the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#266	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#210
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Yandy Diaz (2026)

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