Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Ryan Jeffers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Jeffers C,DH - MIN	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	‐
VBR	# 219	# 1188

Projections

Runs	12	5
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.255	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 119	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 122	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	# 244

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Jeffers C,DH - MIN	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	239	170

Runs	41	16

Hits	65	38

Singles	39	23

Doubles	15	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	6

RBI	42	22

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	39	6

Strikeouts	46	41

Batting Average	.272	.224

On Base Pct	.377	.256

Slugging Pct	.469	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.846	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Jeffers C,DH - MIN	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	42

Runs	12	5

Hits	21	9

Singles	13	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	18	11

Batting Average	.255	.224

On Base Pct	.346	.274

Slugging Pct	.428	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.774	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Jeffers C,DH - MIN	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
News
	Ryan Jeffers went 2-for-4 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam 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
	Ryan Jeffers went 3-for-5 in an 11-8 win over the Athletics on Sunday with three RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Ryan Jeffers C,DH - MIN			Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Ryan Jeffers (2026)

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