Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 177
VBR	‐	# 367

Projections

Runs	‐	8
Home Runs	‐	2
RBI	‐	10
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.261

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 68

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	# 134

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	# 120

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	249

Runs	20	28

Hits	36	66

Singles	22	46

Doubles	4	10

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	10

RBI	29	32

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	19	10

Strikeouts	65	42

Batting Average	.200	.265

On Base Pct	.281	.294

Slugging Pct	.389	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	70

Runs	‐	8

Hits	‐	18

Singles	‐	13

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	2

RBI	‐	10

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	13

Batting Average	‐	.261

On Base Pct	‐	.296

Slugging Pct	‐	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.707

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with two home runs, three runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH			Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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