Who Should I Trade?

Hyeseong Kim for Justin Dean (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hyeseong Kim 2B,SS,CF - LAD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 313	‐
VBR	# 1353	# 1342

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.218	.164

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 221	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 468	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hyeseong Kim 2B,SS,CF - LAD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	116	8

Runs	16	3

Hits	30	3

Singles	25	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	31	4

Batting Average	.259	.375

On Base Pct	.323	.500

Slugging Pct	.328	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	1.125

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hyeseong Kim 2B,SS,CF - LAD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	7

Runs	1	1

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Batting Average	.218	.164

On Base Pct	.251	.257

Slugging Pct	.297	.197

On-base Plus Slugging	.548	.454

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hyeseong Kim 2B,SS,CF - LAD	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Hyeseong Kim was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City by the Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th	The Cubs optioned Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kim went 1-for-3 in Friday's 7-1 win over Colorado with a walk and two stolen bases. Chase Davis Sat, Apr 18th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Hyeseong Kim went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mets with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Apr 16th	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Hyeseong Kim went 1-for-3 in a win over the Rangers with a walk, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Dodgers recalled INF/OF Hyeseong Kim from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hyeseong Kim 2B,SS,CF - LAD			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Hyeseong Kim for Justin Dean (2026)

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