Who Should I Trade?

Steven Kwan for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 141
VBR	# 399	# 119

Projections

Runs	6	10
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	6	6
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.241	.272

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 127

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	# 139

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	# 175

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 106

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 83

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	486	470

Runs	69	69

Hits	109	126

Singles	81	105

Doubles	20	17

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	34	27

Stolen Bases	4	9

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	95	73

Strikeouts	127	55

Batting Average	.224	.268

On Base Pct	.357	.369

Slugging Pct	.313	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	45	69

Runs	6	10

Hits	11	19

Singles	7	15

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	6

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	12	7

Batting Average	.241	.272

On Base Pct	.344	.353

Slugging Pct	.415	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA	Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
News
	Taylor Ward is back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Steven Kwan went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Royals with a double, three runs scored and a walk. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st
	Taylor Ward is hopeful to be back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Steven Kwan went 5-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Angels in 10 innings on Tuesday with a walk, three runs scored and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th
	Taylor Ward remains out of the Mariners lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Padres on Saturday with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th
	Taylor Ward is not in the Mariners lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Steven Kwan went 3-for-5 in an 8-2 win over the White Sox on Friday with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Taylor Ward is not in the Mariners lineup on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Steven Kwan combined to go 1-for-8 with a walk and a steal across both games of his team's Tuesday doubleheader against the Reds. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF,RF,DH - SEA			Steven Kwan LF,CF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#367	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-1)	#300	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#390	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#289
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117

Who Should I Trade?

Steven Kwan for Taylor Ward (2026)

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