Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for John Rave (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 223	‐
VBR	# 889	# 1233

Projections

Runs	11	4
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.248	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 204	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 241	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	24

Runs	37	4

Hits	61	7

Singles	45	1

Doubles	14	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	21	1

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	7	0

Walks	42	3

Strikeouts	55	7

Batting Average	.242	.292

On Base Pct	.358	.370

Slugging Pct	.321	.667

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	1.037

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	31

Runs	11	4

Hits	20	7

Singles	14	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	17	9

Batting Average	.248	.224

On Base Pct	.342	.302

Slugging Pct	.345	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	John Rave went 2-for-3 in a 4-3 loss to the Twins with two doubles, one run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Royals recalled OF John Rave from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd	The Royals optioned John Rave to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th	Outfielder John Rave has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN			John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for John Rave (2026)

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