Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Cesar Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1214	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.212	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 258	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	177	18

Runs	20	0

Hits	46	1

Singles	34	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	21	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	3

Strikeouts	35	3

Batting Average	.260	.056

On Base Pct	.328	.227

Slugging Pct	.384	.056

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.283

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	35	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Batting Average	.212	‐

On Base Pct	.276	‐

Slugging Pct	.328	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.604	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
News
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 9-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	The Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Royals on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hedges C - CLE			Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Cesar Salazar (2026)

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