Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	# 239
VBR	# 367	# 1134

Projections

Runs	8	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	10	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.261	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	# 238

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	# 239

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 134	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	245	186

Runs	25	33

Hits	63	40

Singles	45	20

Doubles	10	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	10

RBI	29	31

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	9	39

Strikeouts	42	46

Batting Average	.257	.215

On Base Pct	.284	.358

Slugging Pct	.396	.436

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.794

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	36

Runs	8	5

Hits	18	8

Singles	13	5

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	10	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	13	10

Batting Average	.261	.226

On Base Pct	.296	.324

Slugging Pct	.411	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
News
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Gary Sanchez went 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s loss to the Athletics with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU			Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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