Who Should I Trade?

Dillon Dingler for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 73	# 177
VBR	# 139	# 333

Projections

Runs	12	8
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	14	9
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.254	.265

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	# 68

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 94	# 120

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 67	# 134

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	473	257

Runs	65	28

Hits	119	68

Singles	67	48

Doubles	24	10

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	26	10

RBI	82	33

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	31	10

Strikeouts	116	42

Batting Average	.252	.265

On Base Pct	.316	.293

Slugging Pct	.476	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.792	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	64

Runs	12	8

Hits	23	17

Singles	14	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	14	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	24	11

Batting Average	.254	.265

On Base Pct	.314	.300

Slugging Pct	.446	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dillon Dingler C,DH - DET	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
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	Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with two home runs, three runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Dillon Dingler is not in the Tigers lineup on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 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			Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Dillon Dingler for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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