Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	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	# 104	‐
VBR	# 119	‐

Projections

Runs	28	3
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	29	2
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.268	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 124	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	65

Runs	50	6

Hits	88	15

Singles	59	12

Doubles	13	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	16	0

RBI	64	3

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	8

Strikeouts	76	21

Batting Average	.282	.231

On Base Pct	.346	.311

Slugging Pct	.478	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.823	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	201	28

Runs	28	3

Hits	54	7

Singles	36	5

Doubles	10	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	3

Strikeouts	45	9

Batting Average	.268	.236

On Base Pct	.342	.300

Slugging Pct	.435	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.627

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-4 with a solo home run on Tuesday during the Pirates' 12-3 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Tue, Jun 9th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CLE
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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