Who Should I Trade?

Taylor Ward for Tyler Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 267
VBR	# 111	# 455

Projections

Runs	34	15
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	31	12
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.252	.278

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	223

Runs	58	27

Hits	92	58

Singles	66	48

Doubles	19	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	27	23

Stolen Bases	3	6

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	76	11

Strikeouts	92	31

Batting Average	.256	.260

On Base Pct	.388	.337

Slugging Pct	.367	.336

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.674

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	226	109

Runs	34	15

Hits	57	30

Singles	35	22

Doubles	11	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	31	12

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	33	9

Strikeouts	61	17

Batting Average	.252	.278

On Base Pct	.350	.349

Slugging Pct	.438	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
News
	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	Tyler Freeman went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman (concussion) has been reinstated from the seven-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	Tyler Freeman exited Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being hit on the side of the batting helmet by a 98.2 mph cutter from Jacob Misiorowski. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	Tyler Freeman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Wednesday as the Rockies suffered a 10-4 loss to the Angels. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Taylor Ward for Tyler Freeman (2026)

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