Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	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	# 218	‐
VBR	# 260	# 1218

Projections

Runs	22	5
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	17	5
Stolen Bases	9	0
Batting Average	.248	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 214	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 223	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 233	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	272	‐

Runs	36	‐

Hits	61	‐

Singles	39	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.224	‐

On Base Pct	.280	‐

Slugging Pct	.371	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	179	36

Runs	22	5

Hits	45	9

Singles	33	6

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	17	5

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	37	9

Batting Average	.248	.251

On Base Pct	.304	.322

Slugging Pct	.350	.431

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.752

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Young CF - WSH	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jacob Young is in the Nationals lineup on Monday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Jacob Young was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Pirates with left hand soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in loss to the Phillies with two RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Young CF - WSH			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Tyler Austin (2026)

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