Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Matt Thaiss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 265	‐
VBR	# 344	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.213	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 244	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 249	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 432	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	275	‐

Runs	26	‐

Hits	49	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	34	‐

Strikeouts	87	‐

Batting Average	.178	‐

On Base Pct	.275	‐

Slugging Pct	.291	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.566	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	69	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Batting Average	.213	‐

On Base Pct	.296	‐

Slugging Pct	.385	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
News
	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	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Austin Wells went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st
	Austin Wells went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
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			Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Matt Thaiss (2026)

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