Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Justin Dean (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1342

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.164

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 454	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	65	8

Runs	6	3

Hits	15	3

Singles	12	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	3	3

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	21	4

Batting Average	.231	.375

On Base Pct	.311	.500

Slugging Pct	.277	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.588	1.125

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	7

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	3

Batting Average	‐	.164

On Base Pct	‐	.257

Slugging Pct	‐	.197

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.454

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Cubs optioned Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
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			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Justin Dean (2026)

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