Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	# 309
VBR	# 1089	# 778

Projections

Runs	10	13
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	10	11
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.248	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	178

Runs	3	25

Hits	10	41

Singles	8	25

Doubles	1	8

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	7	25

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	1	13

Strikeouts	13	38

Batting Average	.233	.230

On Base Pct	.250	.287

Slugging Pct	.326	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	101

Runs	10	13

Hits	19	22

Singles	12	14

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	10	11

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	10

Strikeouts	20	32

Batting Average	.248	.219

On Base Pct	.305	.295

Slugging Pct	.408	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
News
	The White Sox designated Austin Hays for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Ryan Kreidler went 0-for-3 in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Royals with a walk and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Ryan Kreidler helped fuel Minnesota's offense in Sunday's win, flashing gap power and aggressive baserunning. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 2-0 win over the Athletics on Saturday with a double and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 26th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
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			Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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