Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Esteury Ruiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	# 314
VBR	# 988	# 570

Projections

Runs	11	11
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	12	8
Stolen Bases	1	8
Batting Average	.250	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	# 302

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	102

Runs	3	25

Hits	10	25

Singles	8	11

Doubles	1	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	7	10

Stolen Bases	0	20

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	1	15

Strikeouts	13	35

Batting Average	.233	.245

On Base Pct	.250	.366

Slugging Pct	.326	.490

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.856

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	73

Runs	11	11

Hits	22	17

Singles	14	11

Doubles	4	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	1	8

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	6	7

Strikeouts	24	21

Batting Average	.250	.238

On Base Pct	.306	.316

Slugging Pct	.419	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Esteury Ruiz drew three walks and logged a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Esteury Ruiz recorded two walks and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, one run scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 8-7 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Esteury Ruiz entered Friday's game as a pinch runner in the ninth inning, stole second base and later came around to score in the Marlins' 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
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			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Esteury Ruiz (2026)

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