Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Eric Wagaman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 1081	# 1244

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 262	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 321

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	40

Runs	3	3

Hits	10	7

Singles	8	5

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	4

Strikeouts	13	10

Batting Average	.233	.175

On Base Pct	.250	.267

Slugging Pct	.326	.325

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.592

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	77	29

Runs	10	3

Hits	19	7

Singles	12	5

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	21	7

Batting Average	.249	.246

On Base Pct	.306	.298

Slugging Pct	.408	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Eric Wagaman was called up to the big-league squad by the New York Mets on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Mets optioned Eric Wagaman to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Eric Wagaman came off the bench and went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Thursday’s extra-inning loss to the Cubs. Pinch-hitting for MJ Melendez in the sixth inning, he sent a two-run shot to left field to produce the Mets’ first runs of the game. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 26th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Wagaman was recently called up to provide a bat against left-handed pitching and made two plate appearances against Andrew Abbott on Wednesday before being pulled in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Thu, May 28th
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Eric Wagaman was selected to the Mets' Major League roster as part of a series of moves on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS			Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Eric Wagaman (2026)

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