Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 266
VBR	# 169	# 1090

Projections

Runs	10	5
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 260

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 250

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	485	71

Runs	46	9

Hits	107	16

Singles	70	13

Doubles	19	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	2

RBI	60	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	20	3

Strikeouts	105	20

Batting Average	.221	.225

On Base Pct	.265	.257

Slugging Pct	.369	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.634	.581

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	36

Runs	10	5

Hits	22	9

Singles	14	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	20	10

Batting Average	.248	.241

On Base Pct	.302	.296

Slugging Pct	.432	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Austin Hays LF,DH - SD
News
	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Austin Hays hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in his first at-bat with the Padres on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st	Austin Hays is in agreement with the Padres on a major-league deal. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The White Sox released OF Austin Hays. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The White Sox designated Austin Hays for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Austin Hays LF,DH - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Salvador Perez (2026)

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