Who Should I Trade?

George Springer for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 346
VBR	# 100	# 1219

Projections

Runs	13	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	13	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.252	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 74	# 320

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	# 333

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	376	165

Runs	46	20

Hits	90	36

Singles	60	25

Doubles	16	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	12	7

RBI	41	18

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	40	19

Strikeouts	78	47

Batting Average	.239	.218

On Base Pct	.316	.307

Slugging Pct	.388	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	89	16

Runs	13	2

Hits	22	4

Singles	14	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	13	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	19	4

Batting Average	.252	.238

On Base Pct	.335	.293

Slugging Pct	.429	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
News
	George Springer is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	George Springer is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Monday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	George Springer is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Sunday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-1 with a solo home run as a pinch hitter in Wednesday’s 13-1 loss to the Angels. He hit the homer in the eighth inning to put Texas on the board, then stayed in the game as a pitcher and allowed two runs on two hits with a hit batter in one inning of mop-up work. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th
	George Springer was scratched from the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies. Diego Sandoval Sat, Aug 8th	Higashioka is slashing .235/.313/.391 with five home runs, 14 RBI, and 15 runs scored across 128 plate appearances this season and has recorded three multi-hit games over his last 10 appearances. His three-run homer cleared the Green Monster in the second inning Sunday to extend the Rangers' lead before he added a single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 15th
	George Springer went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Nationals with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, May 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR			Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

George Springer for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

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