Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 92	‐
VBR	# 318	‐

Projections

Runs	14	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.255	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 397

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	24

Runs	56	1

Hits	106	2

Singles	79	1

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	0

RBI	68	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	44	2

Strikeouts	40	8

Batting Average	.283	.083

On Base Pct	.368	.154

Slugging Pct	.437	.125

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.279

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	105	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	27	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.384	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two walks, one run scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	The Braves signed Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Diamondbacks released 1B Carlos Santana. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Diamondbacks activated Carlos Santana from the injured list and designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Carlos Santana was hit by a pitch three times in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Diamondbacks sent Carlos Santana to the Arizona Complex League to begin a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB			Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#255
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#285
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#266
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Liam Hicks (2026)

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