Who Should I Trade?

Ke'Bryan Hayes for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 369	# 394

Projections

Runs	5	4
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	4	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.230	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 354	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	205	77

Runs	19	4

Hits	31	12

Singles	23	6

Doubles	2	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	8	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	3

Strikeouts	45	24

Batting Average	.151	.156

On Base Pct	.209	.188

Slugging Pct	.244	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.453	.499

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	37

Runs	5	4

Hits	10	8

Singles	7	5

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	4	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	3

Strikeouts	9	11

Batting Average	.230	.218

On Base Pct	.282	.273

Slugging Pct	.341	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.622	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
News
	The Reds activated 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Shay Whitcomb went 2-for-4 in a 10-9 loss to the Reds with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th
	Ke'Bryan Hayes ran the bases at Great American Ball Park on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	The Giants recalled INF/OF Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	Ke'Bryan Hayes went 1-for-2 in a 5-3 win over the Cardinals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Shay Whitcomb was claimed off waivers by the Giants on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th
	The Reds activated Ke'Bryan Hayes from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Ke'Bryan Hayes went 4-for-5 with a home run for Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B - CIN			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#227
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#162
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#294	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#307	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#159
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#281
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#283
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#195	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#396	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#400
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#161	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#174
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#138
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#266	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#145	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#331	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#141	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#157
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#210	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#155	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#398
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#256
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#162	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#333
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#185
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#167
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#218
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#289	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#398
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#343
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#256
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#302	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#398
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#256
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#185	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#396
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#239	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#400	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#398	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#169	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#156
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#244
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#190
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#323	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#110
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#395
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#139
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	vs HOU	Bryan King
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#396
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#316	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#159
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#316
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#375
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#279
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#218
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ke'Bryan Hayes for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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