Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Heriberto Hernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	‐
VBR	# 264	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	19	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	263	65

Runs	30	6

Hits	61	15

Singles	32	12

Doubles	12	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	0

RBI	43	3

Stolen Bases	8	4

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	27	8

Strikeouts	78	21

Batting Average	.232	.231

On Base Pct	.305	.311

Slugging Pct	.468	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	123	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	29	‐

Singles	17	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.316	‐

Slugging Pct	.430	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
News
	Heriberto Hernandez went 0-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 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
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA			Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Heriberto Hernandez (2026)

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