Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Shea Langeliers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shea Langeliers C,DH - ATH	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1188

Projections

Runs	‐	5
Home Runs	‐	1
RBI	‐	5
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 25	# 244

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shea Langeliers C,DH - ATH	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	376	170

Runs	55	16

Hits	99	38

Singles	57	23

Doubles	19	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	23	6

RBI	51	22

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	34	6

Strikeouts	96	41

Batting Average	.263	.224

On Base Pct	.332	.256

Slugging Pct	.497	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shea Langeliers C,DH - ATH	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	42

Runs	‐	5

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	‐	.224

On Base Pct	‐	.274

Slugging Pct	‐	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shea Langeliers C,DH - ATH	Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
News
	Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers (knee) is "very likely" to return this season, according to manager Mark Kotsay. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Shea Langeliers underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Shea Langeliers will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn meniscus. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Shea Langeliers suffered a torn meniscus in his knee. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 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
	Shea Langeliers went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Shea Langeliers C,DH - ATH			Elias Diaz C,DH - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#235	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#110	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Elias Diaz for Shea Langeliers (2026)

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