Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 92	# 129
VBR	# 318	# 97

Projections

Runs	14	20
Home Runs	3	8
RBI	14	24
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.255	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	# 126

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	# 147

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 125

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 162

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 64

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	# 82

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	421

Runs	56	49

Hits	106	99

Singles	79	63

Doubles	11	17

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	19

RBI	68	68

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	44	34

Strikeouts	40	124

Batting Average	.283	.235

On Base Pct	.368	.296

Slugging Pct	.437	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.707

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	105	155

Runs	14	20

Hits	27	38

Singles	19	23

Doubles	4	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	8

RBI	14	24

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	11

Strikeouts	17	43

Batting Average	.255	.242

On Base Pct	.345	.298

Slugging Pct	.384	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jake Burger 1B - TEX
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two walks, one run scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jake Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB			Jake Burger 1B - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#266	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#411	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Liam Hicks (2026)

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