Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	# 295
VBR	# 103	# 1128

Projections

Runs	29	10
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	31	10
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.250	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	373	100

Runs	46	15

Hits	91	26

Singles	59	15

Doubles	17	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	5

RBI	54	16

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	65	21

Strikeouts	105	29

Batting Average	.244	.260

On Base Pct	.367	.388

Slugging Pct	.405	.470

On-base Plus Slugging	.772	.858

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	198	79

Runs	29	10

Hits	49	18

Singles	29	12

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	31	10

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	9

Strikeouts	56	20

Batting Average	.250	.234

On Base Pct	.348	.313

Slugging Pct	.454	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.802	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
News
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Endy Rodriguez was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left glute strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Endy Rodriguez went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in the Pirates 11-7 win over the Phillies on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Endy Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk on Monday during the Pirates' 11-2 loss to the Athletics. David Leisering Tue, Jun 16th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Endy Rodriguez went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a solo home run and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	Endy Rodriguez exited in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s 9-8 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers due to left hip discomfort. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Michael Busch (2026)

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