Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Ethan Salas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1176	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	4	‐
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	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	174	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	46	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	18	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Batting Average	.264	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.391	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Batting Average	.212	‐

On Base Pct	.279	‐

Slugging Pct	.323	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.602	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Ethan Salas C - SD
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 San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hedges C - CLE			Ethan Salas C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Ethan Salas (2026)

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