Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Miguel Amaya (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Amaya C,DH - CHC	Elias Diaz C - TEX
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 301	‐
VBR	# 592	# 1183

Projections

Runs	7	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.232	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 269	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 333	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 311	# 244

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Amaya C,DH - CHC	Elias Diaz C - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	181	167

Runs	30	16

Hits	42	38

Singles	28	23

Doubles	9	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	6

RBI	22	22

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	4

Strikeouts	55	40

Batting Average	.232	.228

On Base Pct	.338	.251

Slugging Pct	.365	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Amaya C,DH - CHC	Elias Diaz C - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	37

Runs	7	4

Hits	13	8

Singles	8	6

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	2

Strikeouts	14	10

Batting Average	.232	.226

On Base Pct	.308	.278

Slugging Pct	.376	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Amaya C,DH - CHC	Elias Diaz C - TEX
News
	Miguel Amaya went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Miguel Amaya went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Miguel Amaya went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Miguel Amaya went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a solo home run on Saturday in the Cubs' 12-4 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Sun, Apr 26th	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
	Miguel Amaya went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a home run, and two runs batted in to help the Cubs to a 10-2 victory over the Nationals on Saturday. David Leisering Sat, Mar 28th	Elias Diaz signed a major league contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Amaya C,DH - CHC			Elias Diaz C - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Miguel Amaya (2026)

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