Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Denzel Clarke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 850	# 1209

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.254	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 261	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	53

Runs	3	4

Hits	10	9

Singles	8	8

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	6

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	4

Strikeouts	13	24

Batting Average	.233	.170

On Base Pct	.250	.228

Slugging Pct	.326	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	39

Runs	11	5

Hits	22	9

Singles	14	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	24	14

Batting Average	.254	.220

On Base Pct	.310	.290

Slugging Pct	.428	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.739	.646

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	A's outfielder Denzel Clarke (hamstring) is continuing his running, hitting, and throwing progression. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Denzel Clarke (2026)

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