Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	# 270
VBR	# 874	# 292

Projections

Runs	10	18
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	11	15
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.248	.261

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 225

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 262	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	243

Runs	3	28

Hits	10	67

Singles	8	51

Doubles	1	11

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	7	18

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	1	17

Strikeouts	13	39

Batting Average	.233	.276

On Base Pct	.250	.335

Slugging Pct	.326	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	136

Runs	10	18

Hits	20	35

Singles	12	25

Doubles	4	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	12

Strikeouts	21	25

Batting Average	.248	.261

On Base Pct	.303	.321

Slugging Pct	.416	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. 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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp 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			Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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