Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 173	‐
VBR	# 158	# 1256

Projections

Runs	18	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.257	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	383	‐

Runs	54	‐

Hits	105	‐

Singles	67	‐

Doubles	22	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	65	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	31	‐

Strikeouts	99	‐

Batting Average	.274	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.449	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	137	13

Runs	18	2

Hits	35	3

Singles	23	2

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	35	3

Batting Average	.257	.207

On Base Pct	.307	.280

Slugging Pct	.410	.328

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#308	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#169	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250	@ WSH	Jackson Kent	#231
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

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Ezequiel Duran for Tyler Austin (2026)

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