Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Knizner for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Andrew Knizner C - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 152	‐
VBR	# 367	# 1151

Projections

Runs	8	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	10	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.261	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 134	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Andrew Knizner C - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	245	15

Runs	25	1

Hits	63	3

Singles	45	2

Doubles	10	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	29	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	42	2

Batting Average	.257	.200

On Base Pct	.284	.294

Slugging Pct	.396	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.694

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Andrew Knizner C - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	35

Runs	8	4

Hits	18	8

Singles	13	6

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	10	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	3

Strikeouts	13	8

Batting Average	.261	.232

On Base Pct	.296	.307

Slugging Pct	.411	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Andrew Knizner C - SF
News
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Andrew Knizner went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	The Giants signed C Andrew Knizner to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Andrew Knizner exercised his opt out clause with the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	The Red Sox signed veteran catcher Andrew Knizner to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Rockies signed C Andrew Knizner to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU			Andrew Knizner C - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAD
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 Yainer Diaz (2026)

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