Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for CJ Kayfus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	2	3
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	2	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.211	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 454	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	65	22

Runs	6	4

Hits	15	4

Singles	12	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	3	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	21	8

Batting Average	.231	.182

On Base Pct	.311	.280

Slugging Pct	.277	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.588	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	19	22

Runs	2	3

Hits	4	5

Singles	4	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	2	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	6	7

Batting Average	.211	.227

On Base Pct	.286	.292

Slugging Pct	.237	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.523	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Austin Slater pinch-hit for Victor Mesa Jr. in the ninth inning and drew a walk before stealing a base in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 18th
	Austin Slater went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#96	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#85	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#53	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#96
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for CJ Kayfus (2026)

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