Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Stuart Fairchild (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 988	‐

Projections

Runs	11	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.250	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 366

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	19

Runs	3	3

Hits	10	3

Singles	8	3

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	7

Strikeouts	13	14

Batting Average	.233	.158

On Base Pct	.250	.407

Slugging Pct	.326	.158

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.565

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	9

Runs	11	2

Hits	22	2

Singles	14	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	24	3

Batting Average	.250	.235

On Base Pct	.306	.316

Slugging Pct	.419	.294

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.610

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Mariners signed Stuart Fairchild to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Guardians sent OF Stuart Fairchild outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Guardians designated Stuart Fairchild for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Stuart Fairchild went 2-for-2 in a 3-1 win over the Tigers on Saturday with one walk and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 14th
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Guardians selected the contract of Stuart Fairchild from Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Stuart Fairchild (2026)

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