Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 927	# 1159

Projections

Runs	12	9
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	12	9
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.250	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 259	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 246

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	82

Runs	3	13

Hits	10	20

Singles	8	11

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	7	15

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	9

Strikeouts	13	29

Batting Average	.233	.244

On Base Pct	.250	.323

Slugging Pct	.326	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.774

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	80

Runs	12	9

Hits	23	18

Singles	14	12

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	9

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	24	25

Batting Average	.250	.227

On Base Pct	.307	.292

Slugging Pct	.423	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan has been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Kyle Nicolas. David Leisering Wed, Mar 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			Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ MIL
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)	#240
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 (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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