Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Robert Hassell III (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 865	# 1346

Projections

Runs	11	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 259	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.233	‐

On Base Pct	.250	‐

Slugging Pct	.326	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	10

Runs	11	1

Hits	22	2

Singles	14	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	24	3

Batting Average	.249	.205

On Base Pct	.306	.241

Slugging Pct	.425	.278

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.519

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Robert Hassell III from the Washington Nationals for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Nationals designated Robert Hassell III for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Hassell was projected to open the season as Washington's No. 4 outfielder but hit .223/.257/.315 across 70 games in his rookie campaign last season. He also posted an .839 OPS at Triple-A Rochester in 2025. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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			Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Robert Hassell III (2026)

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