Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Cody Bellinger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 49	‐

Projections

Runs	32	3
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	33	2
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.260	.204

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 41	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	361	65

Runs	51	6

Hits	92	15

Singles	59	12

Doubles	19	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	11	0

RBI	52	3

Stolen Bases	10	4

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	52	8

Strikeouts	66	21

Batting Average	.255	.231

On Base Pct	.345	.311

Slugging Pct	.416	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	216	25

Runs	32	3

Hits	56	5

Singles	36	4

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	33	2

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	37	8

Batting Average	.260	.204

On Base Pct	.333	.278

Slugging Pct	.442	.245

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.523

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
News
	Cody Bellinger is getting the day off on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Cody Bellinger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 in Wednesday’s 10-5 win over the White Sox with a home run, a double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Cody Bellinger went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Blue Jays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY			Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Cody Bellinger (2026)

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