Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Ethan Salas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Ethan Salas C - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 224	# 1155

Projections

Runs	6	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.211	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 244	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 249	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 269	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 432	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	303	12

Runs	31	0

Hits	55	0

Singles	38	0

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	28	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	38	0

Strikeouts	94	5

Batting Average	.182	.000

On Base Pct	.278	.000

Slugging Pct	.304	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.581	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	22

Runs	6	2

Hits	10	5

Singles	6	3

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	13	5

Batting Average	.211	.213

On Base Pct	.297	.284

Slugging Pct	.381	.313

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.598

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Ethan Salas C - SD
News
	Austin Wells went 1-for-3 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 2nd	The Padres selected the contract of C Ethan Salas from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Austin Wells went 2-for-2 in Sunday's 16-1 win over the Red Sox with two home runs, two runs scored, and five RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Padres are planning to promote top prospect Ethan Salas on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Austin Wells went 1-for-2 in Saturday's 5-4 win over Atlanta with a double, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Austin Wells went 2-for-4 in Monday’s 13-7 loss to the Cardinals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	Austin Wells went 1-for-2 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Wells C - NYY			Ethan Salas C - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-6)	#394
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#196	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-6)	#394
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#222	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#265
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#161	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#192	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	vs WSH	Riley Cornelio (2-2)	#280
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#144
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ SF	Anthony Molina
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-0)	#264
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Ethan Salas (2026)

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