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	# 93	# 1308

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.246	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	467	76

Runs	54	6

Hits	104	16

Singles	68	12

Doubles	20	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	1

RBI	60	9

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	3

Strikeouts	164	13

Batting Average	.223	.211

On Base Pct	.296	.241

Slugging Pct	.366	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.662	.530

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


At Bats	109	13

Runs	15	1

Hits	27	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	35	3

Batting Average	.246	.229

On Base Pct	.315	.287

Slugging Pct	.433	.319

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Josh Rojas 2B,3B,DH - KC
News
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Thursday's 2-0 win over the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	The Royals optioned INF Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	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 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	The Royals recalled Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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 optioned Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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 selected the contract of Josh Rojas. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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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 (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#248	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#286	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#143	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#255	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#235	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#164	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#138	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
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 (9-6)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Josh Rojas (2026)

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