Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Wade Meckler (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 795	# 1169

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	7
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.252	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 261	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	145

Runs	3	19

Hits	10	43

Singles	8	32

Doubles	1	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	7	17

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	15

Strikeouts	13	36

Batting Average	.233	.297

On Base Pct	.250	.363

Slugging Pct	.326	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.763

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	67

Runs	11	8

Hits	22	16

Singles	14	12

Doubles	4	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	7

Strikeouts	23	17

Batting Average	.252	.243

On Base Pct	.307	.318

Slugging Pct	.429	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.642

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Wade Meckler left Sunday’s game against the Rays with a head injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Wade Meckler went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored on Wednesday during the Angels' 10-4 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Wade Meckler went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in his season debut on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Angels selected the contract of Wade Meckler. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Wade Meckler (2026)

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