Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for Jhostynxon Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 378	‐
VBR	# 1098	# 1222

Projections

Runs	8	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	6	5
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.225	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 358	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 425	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	149	45

Runs	24	2

Hits	36	8

Singles	24	7

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	11	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	58	14

Batting Average	.242	.178

On Base Pct	.298	.213

Slugging Pct	.443	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.413

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	42

Runs	8	5

Hits	13	10

Singles	9	6

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	5

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	4	3

Strikeouts	19	12

Batting Average	.225	.233

On Base Pct	.281	.289

Slugging Pct	.365	.381

On-base Plus Slugging	.647	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Derek Hill went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in Monday's 6-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates recalled OF Jhostynxon Garcia from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Derek Hill went 1-for-1 with a solo homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates optioned Jhostynxon Garcia to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Derek Hill went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, two singles, and two RBI in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Jhostynxon Garcia is expected to be called up from Triple-A ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	Derek Hill went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 26th	Jhostynxon Garcia has concluded his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Derek Hill hit a two-run homer in his only at-bat during Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	Garcia slashed .405/.463/.595 with two home runs, five RBI and three steals across 41 plate appearances in 17 Grapefruit League games but was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis Saturday. He won't be part of Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI			Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for Jhostynxon Garcia (2026)

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