Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 305	‐
VBR	‐	# 1225

Projections

Runs	4	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	3	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.245	.253

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 216	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	142	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	30	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Batting Average	.282	‐

On Base Pct	.336	‐

Slugging Pct	.387	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	25	25

Runs	4	3

Hits	6	6

Singles	5	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	3	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	2

Strikeouts	8	6

Batting Average	.245	.253

On Base Pct	.339	.319

Slugging Pct	.347	.450

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Blake Dunn will undergo elbow surgery. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Blake Dunn suffered a setback before being sent on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Blake Dunn is slated to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Blake Dunn took batting practice on the field Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Blake Dunn hit off a tee on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
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)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Tyler Austin (2026)

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