Who Should I Trade?

Drew Waters for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	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	# 102	‐
VBR	# 137	# 1381

Projections

Runs	26	0
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	27	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.265	.089

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	‐

Runs	51	‐

Hits	90	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Batting Average	.274	‐

On Base Pct	.338	‐

Slugging Pct	.460	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	2

Runs	26	0

Hits	50	0

Singles	34	0

Doubles	9	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	27	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	0

Strikeouts	43	1

Batting Average	.265	.089

On Base Pct	.339	.116

Slugging Pct	.427	.140

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.256

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Royals sent OF Drew Waters outright to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-4 with a solo home run on Tuesday during the Pirates' 12-3 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Waters for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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