Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Matt Shaw (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	# 212
VBR	# 90	# 690

Projections

Runs	13	5
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	5
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.246	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	# 122

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 62	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 145

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 317

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 290	# 259

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	131

Runs	54	21

Hits	105	33

Singles	69	20

Doubles	20	7

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	15	4

RBI	61	20

Stolen Bases	8	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	41	12

Strikeouts	170	27

Batting Average	.221	.252

On Base Pct	.294	.327

Slugging Pct	.361	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.754

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	96	39

Runs	13	5

Hits	24	10

Singles	15	6

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	5

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	30	9

Batting Average	.246	.246

On Base Pct	.315	.324

Slugging Pct	.426	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
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 Cubs activated INF/OF Matt Shaw from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 28th
	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	Matt Shaw went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in a rehab game for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	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	Matt Shaw is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL			Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Matt Shaw (2026)

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