Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	# 86
VBR	# 93	# 344

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	22	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.236	.254

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	# 115

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 65	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	# 208

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 53

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	441	384

Runs	61	59

Hits	103	110

Singles	55	81

Doubles	24	12

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	23	16

RBI	71	71

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	42	48

Strikeouts	114	41

Batting Average	.234	.287

On Base Pct	.312	.375

Slugging Pct	.449	.448

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.823

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	136	95

Runs	19	12

Hits	32	24

Singles	18	17

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	22	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	12

Strikeouts	38	15

Batting Average	.236	.254

On Base Pct	.316	.345

Slugging Pct	.441	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
News
	Christian Walker went 2-for-5 in a 10-7 win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 in an 8-4 win over the Athletics with a home run, a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Christian Walker went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Christian Walker is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Christian Walker went 1-for-5 in Friday's 9-5 win over the White Sox with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Walker 1B - HOU			Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#122	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#290	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#205
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#252
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#407
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#252	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#394
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#296	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#187
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#408	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#282	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#270	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#208
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#270
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#136	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#195	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#412
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#412	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#147
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#244
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Walker for Liam Hicks (2026)

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