Who Should I Trade?

Josue Briceno for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 1237	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.199	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 333	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	165	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	36	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.370	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	15	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Batting Average	.199	‐

On Base Pct	.260	‐

Slugging Pct	.301	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.561	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
News
	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Tigers catching/first base prospect Josue Briceno (wrist) played in his first rehab game with Single-A Lakeland on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	Briceno (wrist) hit .266/.383/.500 with 20 home runs across 100 games between High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie last season. He sustained a wrist injury during Grapefruit League play over the weekend. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	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
	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
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX			Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#271	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#301	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#291	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Josue Briceno for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

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