Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Starling Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 350	‐
VBR	# 1054	‐

Projections

Runs	9	3
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.255	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 299	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 419	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	127	65

Runs	13	6

Hits	33	15

Singles	28	12

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	8	8

Strikeouts	36	21

Batting Average	.260	.231

On Base Pct	.319	.311

Slugging Pct	.315	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.634	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	73	22

Runs	9	3

Hits	19	5

Singles	14	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	18	7

Batting Average	.255	.233

On Base Pct	.316	.298

Slugging Pct	.373	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.577

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
News
	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with a run scored and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Starling Marte went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox with one run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	The Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Starling Marte went 3-for-5 in the win over the Cardinals with a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 19th	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	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
	Starling Marte went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, May 1st	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
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC			Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Starling Marte (2026)

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