Who Should I Trade?

Justin Dean for Ryan Vilade (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 304	‐
VBR	# 1030	# 1330

Projections

Runs	11	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.239	.202

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 355	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	148	6

Runs	17	3

Hits	38	2

Singles	23	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	31	3

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	33	3

Batting Average	.257	.333

On Base Pct	.319	.500

Slugging Pct	.460	.667

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	1.167

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	16

Runs	11	2

Hits	20	3

Singles	13	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	23	5

Batting Average	.239	.202

On Base Pct	.304	.272

Slugging Pct	.391	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.575

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-1 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Ryan Vilade went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-2 with a walk and one stolen base in Monday's 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Dean for Ryan Vilade (2026)

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