Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Harry Ford (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Harry Ford C - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1214	# 1116

Projections

Runs	4	5
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	3	4
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.212	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 272

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 258	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Harry Ford C - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	177	62

Runs	20	9

Hits	46	12

Singles	34	5

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	21	7

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	9

Strikeouts	35	20

Batting Average	.260	.194

On Base Pct	.328	.306

Slugging Pct	.384	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Harry Ford C - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	35	39

Runs	4	5

Hits	7	9

Singles	5	6

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	3	4

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	5

Strikeouts	9	11

Batting Average	.212	.228

On Base Pct	.276	.324

Slugging Pct	.328	.362

On-base Plus Slugging	.604	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Harry Ford C - WSH
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	Harry Ford went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th
	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	Harry Ford went 2-for-5 in Friday's win over the Athletics with a home run, one walk, three runs scored and three RBI while striking out twice. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th
	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 Nationals recalled C Harry Ford from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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 Nationals will recall C prospect Harry Ford after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Acquired from the Mariners over the winter, Ford was considered a candidate to challenge Keibert Ruiz for the starting catcher job. He slashed .214/.353/.286 across 17 spring plate appearances and hit .200 with a .694 OPS over four World Baseball Classic games for Team Great Britain. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hedges C - CLE			Harry Ford C - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Harry Ford (2026)

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