Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Alfaro for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	‐
VBR	# 315	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	10	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.253	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	402	‐

Runs	62	‐

Hits	115	‐

Singles	85	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	17	‐

RBI	72	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	50	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Batting Average	.286	‐

On Base Pct	.374	‐

Slugging Pct	.448	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	73	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.253	‐

On Base Pct	.347	‐

Slugging Pct	.378	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Jorge Alfaro C - KC
News
	Liam Hicks went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 23rd	Royals catcher Jorge Alfaro is not yet in big-league camp due to visa issues. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 in an 8-4 win over the Athletics with a home run, a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	Jorge Alfaro has signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The contract presumably includes an invitation to Royals' Spring Training. David Leisering Mon, Jan 5th
	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
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB			Jorge Alfaro C - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th				vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Alfaro for Liam Hicks (2026)

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