Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Kyle Karros (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Kyle Karros 3B - COL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 221
VBR	# 96	# 324

Projections

Runs	18	12
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	18	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.246	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	# 151

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 62	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	# 220

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 290	# 170

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Kyle Karros 3B - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	446	340

Runs	53	58

Hits	100	91

Singles	65	59

Doubles	19	20

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	15	10

RBI	58	45

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	37	47

Strikeouts	155	81

Batting Average	.224	.268

On Base Pct	.296	.364

Slugging Pct	.372	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.669	.790

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Kyle Karros 3B - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	87

Runs	18	12

Hits	31	23

Singles	19	16

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	18	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	10

Strikeouts	40	22

Batting Average	.246	.264

On Base Pct	.315	.343

Slugging Pct	.435	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.747

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Kyle Karros 3B - COL
News
	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	Rockies placed INF Kyle Karros on the seven-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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	Kyle Karros went 0-for-2 in a win over the Cardinals with two walks, one run scored, one RBI, and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	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	Kyle Karros is back in the Rockies lineup on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Kyle Karros was scratched from the Rockies lineup on Tuesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Kyle Karros went 1-for-4 in Saturday's loss to the Giants with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL			Kyle Karros 3B - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#262
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#324
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#265	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#276	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#366
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#352
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Kyle Karros (2026)

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