Who Should I Trade?

Dalton Rushing for Luke Maile (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dalton Rushing C,1B - LAD	Luke Maile C - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	‐
VBR	# 1289	# 1304

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.200	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 227	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 143	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 321	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 167	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dalton Rushing C,1B - LAD	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	217	28

Runs	37	2

Hits	55	5

Singles	31	3

Doubles	12	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	36	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	1

Strikeouts	70	11

Batting Average	.254	.179

On Base Pct	.335	.207

Slugging Pct	.475	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	.528

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dalton Rushing C,1B - LAD	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	10

Runs	1	1

Hits	1	2

Singles	1	2

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Batting Average	.200	.213

On Base Pct	.271	.296

Slugging Pct	.395	.298

On-base Plus Slugging	.666	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dalton Rushing C,1B - LAD	Luke Maile C - KC
News
	Dalton Rushing took live batting practice on the field at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Luke Maile went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Dalton Rushing told reporters he doesn’t anticipate needing surgery to address his UCL injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Royals selected the contract of Luke Maile. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Dalton Rushing is expected to be shut down for multiple weeks after an MRI revealed a UCL tear. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Veteran catcher Luke Maile may not attend Royals' spring training due to a personal issue. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	The Dodgers placed Dalton Rushing on the 10-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals and catcher Luke Maile have reunited on a minor-league pact. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 5th
	Dalton Rushing will not be in the Dodgers lineup on Monday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dalton Rushing C,1B - LAD			Luke Maile C - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89

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Dalton Rushing for Luke Maile (2026)

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