Who Should I Trade?

Blake Sabol for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Blake Sabol C - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 1219	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.238	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Blake Sabol C - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	165	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	36	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.370	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Blake Sabol C - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Batting Average	.238	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.419	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Blake Sabol C - TB
News
	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Blake Sabol has signed a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. The contract includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-1 with a solo home run as a pinch hitter in Wednesday’s 13-1 loss to the Angels. He hit the homer in the eighth inning to put Texas on the board, then stayed in the game as a pitcher and allowed two runs on two hits with a hit batter in one inning of mop-up work. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th
	Higashioka is slashing .235/.313/.391 with five home runs, 14 RBI, and 15 runs scored across 128 plate appearances this season and has recorded three multi-hit games over his last 10 appearances. His three-run homer cleared the Green Monster in the second inning Sunday to extend the Rangers' lead before he added a single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 15th
	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, May 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX			Blake Sabol C - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs DET	Ty Madden	#278
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 17th				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#173
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Sabol for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

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