Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Josh Rojas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	‐
VBR	# 106	# 1228

Projections

Runs	19	3
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	19	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.249	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 62	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 290	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	438	76

Runs	50	6

Hits	97	16

Singles	63	12

Doubles	18	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	1

RBI	58	9

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	37	3

Strikeouts	152	13

Batting Average	.222	.211

On Base Pct	.295	.241

Slugging Pct	.370	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	26

Runs	19	3

Hits	33	6

Singles	20	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	19	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	41	6

Batting Average	.249	.223

On Base Pct	.317	.288

Slugging Pct	.437	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.617

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
News
	Austin Riley went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Josh Rojas went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th
	Austin Riley went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo homer in Friday's 3-2 loss. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 8th	The Royals recalled Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Austin Riley went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	The Royals optioned Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals selected the contract of Josh Rojas. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Austin Riley went 3-for-4 with two solo homers and four total RBI in Sunday's 8-5 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 19th	Josh Rojas has signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The contract includes an invitation to MLB Spring Training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 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 Riley 3B - ATL			Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#294	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#19	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#281	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#360	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#184	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#195	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#322	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#270	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#322	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#182	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#187	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#134	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#412
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Josh Rojas (2026)

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