Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 874	# 1339

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 261	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	8

Runs	3	3

Hits	10	3

Singles	8	2

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	13	4

Batting Average	.233	.375

On Base Pct	.250	.500

Slugging Pct	.326	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	1.125

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	13

Runs	10	2

Hits	20	3

Singles	12	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	21	4

Batting Average	.248	.198

On Base Pct	.303	.273

Slugging Pct	.416	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
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			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Justin Dean (2026)

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