Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 313	‐
VBR	# 422	# 1239

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	4
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.238	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	121	‐

Runs	30	‐

Hits	32	‐

Singles	17	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	26	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Batting Average	.265	‐

On Base Pct	.375	‐

Slugging Pct	.479	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	69	25

Runs	10	3

Hits	16	6

Singles	11	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	4

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	20	6

Batting Average	.238	.251

On Base Pct	.316	.321

Slugging Pct	.386	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.772

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Esteury Ruiz went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Tyler Austin (2026)

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