Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Brian Serven C - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	‐
VBR	# 341	# 1161

Projections

Runs	8	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.263	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 134	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	249	48

Runs	28	5

Hits	66	10

Singles	46	6

Doubles	10	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	32	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	42	14

Batting Average	.265	.208

On Base Pct	.294	.225

Slugging Pct	.426	.458

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	67	40

Runs	8	4

Hits	18	9

Singles	12	6

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	12	13

Batting Average	.263	.211

On Base Pct	.298	.286

Slugging Pct	.419	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Brian Serven C - ATH
News
	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	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Athletics recalled C Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Athletics optioned C Brian Serven to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU			Brian Serven C - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#235
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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