Who Should I Trade?

Justin Crawford for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 175	# 1239

Projections

Runs	20	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	14	4
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.267	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 219	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 229	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 147	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 324	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	303	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	79	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	14	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	18	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Batting Average	.261	‐

On Base Pct	.308	‐

Slugging Pct	.343	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	152	25

Runs	20	3

Hits	40	6

Singles	31	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	14	4

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	34	6

Batting Average	.267	.251

On Base Pct	.316	.321

Slugging Pct	.362	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.772

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Justin Crawford went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 loss to the Orioles on Friday with a stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Justin Crawford went 1-for-3 with a single, an RBI, and a steal in Monday's 10-7 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Justin Crawford returns to the Philadelphia Phillies' lineup for Thursday's game against the New York Mets, starting in center field and batting ninth. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	Justin Crawford went through a pregame workout on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Justin Crawford was a late scratch from the Phillies’ starting lineup on Friday night due to soreness in his left knee. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Crawford CF - PHI			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Crawford for Tyler Austin (2026)

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