Who Should I Trade?

Spencer Jones for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	# 287
VBR	# 162	# 1092

Projections

Runs	24	9
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	22	10
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.241	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	# 159

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 451

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	416	108

Runs	64	10

Hits	102	23

Singles	75	14

Doubles	20	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	30	13

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	87	12

Strikeouts	105	45

Batting Average	.245	.213

On Base Pct	.381	.292

Slugging Pct	.344	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	68

Runs	24	9

Hits	39	15

Singles	24	8

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	22	10

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	24	6

Strikeouts	45	27

Batting Average	.241	.216

On Base Pct	.344	.286

Slugging Pct	.417	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
News
	The Mariners activated Taylor Ward. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with one home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Taylor Ward has been acquired by the Seattle Mariners in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Spencer Jones went 1-for-2 in a win over the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Spencer Jones will get "a lot" of playing time in left field. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Yankees recalled Spencer Jones from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA			Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Spencer Jones for Taylor Ward (2026)

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