Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 269	# 1148

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.232	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 258

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	347	184

Runs	36	20

Hits	87	46

Singles	54	34

Doubles	19	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	14	5

RBI	49	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	41	18

Strikeouts	108	37

Batting Average	.251	.250

On Base Pct	.330	.317

Slugging Pct	.427	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	31

Runs	8	3

Hits	15	7

Singles	10	5

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	3

Strikeouts	22	8

Batting Average	.232	.220

On Base Pct	.316	.287

Slugging Pct	.399	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one double. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 31st	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
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 in a 10-8 win over the Cubs with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	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
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	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
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN			Austin Hedges C - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#249	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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