Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Knizner for Cesar Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Knizner C - SF	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1151	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.232	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Knizner C - SF	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	15	18

Runs	1	0

Hits	3	1

Singles	2	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	2	3

Batting Average	.200	.056

On Base Pct	.294	.227

Slugging Pct	.400	.056

On-base Plus Slugging	.694	.283

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Knizner C - SF	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	35	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.232	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.354	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Knizner C - SF	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
News
	Andrew Knizner went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	The Giants signed C Andrew Knizner to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Andrew Knizner exercised his opt out clause with the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	The Red Sox signed veteran catcher Andrew Knizner to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Rockies signed C Andrew Knizner to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Knizner C - SF			Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Bryan King		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Knizner for Cesar Salazar (2026)

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