Who Should I Trade?

Dillon Dingler for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	# 211
VBR	# 144	# 338

Projections

Runs	13	9
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	15	10
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.250	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	# 207

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 80	# 171

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 94	# 218

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 67	# 335

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	462	325

Runs	65	33

Hits	117	80

Singles	65	51

Doubles	24	17

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	26	12

RBI	82	43

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	31	40

Strikeouts	114	100

Batting Average	.253	.246

On Base Pct	.319	.329

Slugging Pct	.483	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.802	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	78

Runs	13	9

Hits	26	18

Singles	16	11

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	15	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	9

Strikeouts	27	25

Batting Average	.250	.230

On Base Pct	.310	.315

Slugging Pct	.434	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
News
	Dillon Dingler went 3-for-6 in Thursday's 11-0 win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Dillon Dingler went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler went 2-for-5 with a homer and an additional run scored in an 8-0 win over the Mariners on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler went 2-for-6 with a grand slam as part of a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
	Dillon Dingler is not in the Tigers lineup on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET			Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Dillon Dingler for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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