Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Ethan Salas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX	Ethan Salas C - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1166	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.220	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 244	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	171	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.254	‐

Slugging Pct	.380	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.634	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	41	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	9	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.220	‐

On Base Pct	.272	‐

Slugging Pct	.353	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX	Ethan Salas C - SD
News
	Elias Diaz went 1-for-2 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Elias Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Elias Diaz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He opened the scoring with a 414-foot solo shot in the second inning, giving him homers in consecutive games after going 18 contests without one following his June 5 arrival in Texas. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	Elias Diaz signed a major league contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX			Ethan Salas C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Ethan Salas (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation