Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Matt Thaiss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 792	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.235	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 174	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	135	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	36	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Batting Average	.267	‐

On Base Pct	.373	‐

Slugging Pct	.467	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.308	‐

Slugging Pct	.373	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
News
	Endy Rodriguez is getting second opinions for his left hip. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Pirates placed C Endy Rodríguez on the 10-day injured list with left hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Endy Rodriguez remains out of the Pirates lineup on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st
	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 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
	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT			Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171

Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Matt Thaiss (2026)

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