Who Should I Trade?

Taylor Ward for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 87	# 870

Projections

Runs	26	10
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	24	11
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.248	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	413	130

Runs	64	17

Hits	101	26

Singles	74	16

Doubles	20	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	30	17

Stolen Bases	4	4

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	87	15

Strikeouts	104	36

Batting Average	.245	.200

On Base Pct	.381	.281

Slugging Pct	.344	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	172	85

Runs	26	10

Hits	43	20

Singles	27	13

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	24	11

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	26	7

Strikeouts	46	21

Batting Average	.248	.231

On Base Pct	.350	.292

Slugging Pct	.427	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
News
	The Mariners activated Taylor Ward. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - SEA			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Taylor Ward for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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