Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 196	# 266
VBR	# 299	# 988

Projections

Runs	18	11
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	17	12
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.263	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	# 260

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	# 250

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	# 277

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	43

Runs	33	3

Hits	85	10

Singles	58	8

Doubles	24	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	40	7

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	30	1

Strikeouts	56	13

Batting Average	.295	.233

On Base Pct	.367	.250

Slugging Pct	.410	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	89

Runs	18	11

Hits	37	22

Singles	25	14

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	17	12

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	6

Strikeouts	30	24

Batting Average	.263	.250

On Base Pct	.328	.306

Slugging Pct	.398	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.725

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	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
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Troy Johnston (2026)

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