Who Should I Trade?

Daylen Lile for Drew Waters (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	‐
VBR	# 133	# 1398

Projections

Runs	28	0
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	26	0
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.265	.079

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 99	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 99	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	376	‐

Runs	50	‐

Hits	93	‐

Singles	58	‐

Doubles	21	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	11	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.298	‐

Slugging Pct	.407	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	209	3

Runs	28	0

Hits	55	0

Singles	36	0

Doubles	11	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	26	0

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	0

Strikeouts	41	1

Batting Average	.265	.079

On Base Pct	.319	.103

Slugging Pct	.423	.124

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.227

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Daylen Lile went 2-for-6 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	The Royals sent OF Drew Waters outright to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	Lile went 0-for-1 in a loss to the Yankees with a walk, a stolen base and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	Waters slashed .234/.300/.369 with a 31.1 percent strikeout rate over parts of four major-league seasons and couldn't earn a spot on Kansas City's Opening Day roster. With no minor-league options remaining, he's headed to waivers. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
	Daylen Lile went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Pirates with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Daylen Lile went 3-for-4 in win over the Pirates with two home runs, a double, two runs scored and four RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th
	Daylen Lile went 4-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI, and two stolen bases. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daylen Lile LF,RF,DH - WSH			Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Daylen Lile for Drew Waters (2026)

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