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Kyle Higashioka for Marcell Ozuna (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Marcell Ozuna DH - FA  | Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX  | |
Expert |
75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts |
25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 249 | # 346 |
| VBR | # 1230 | # 1253 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 1 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 0 | 0 |
| RBI | 2 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Batting Average | .215 | .219 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | FA | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 210 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 217 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 252 | # 320 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 379 | # 333 |
| Marcell Ozuna DH - FA | Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 251 | 165 |
| Runs | 22 | 20 |
| Hits | 51 | 36 |
| Singles | 36 | 25 |
| Doubles | 7 | 4 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 7 |
| RBI | 29 | 18 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 27 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 80 | 47 |
| Batting Average | .203 | .218 |
| On Base Pct | .286 | .307 |
| Slugging Pct | .327 | .370 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .612 | .676 |
| Marcell Ozuna DH - FA | Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 12 | 15 |
| Runs | 1 | 2 |
| Hits | 3 | 3 |
| Singles | 2 | 2 |
| Doubles | 0 | 1 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 0 | 0 |
| RBI | 2 | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 1 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 3 | 4 |
| Batting Average | .215 | .219 |
| On Base Pct | .299 | .278 |
| Slugging Pct | .315 | .356 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .614 | .633 |
| Marcell Ozuna DH - FA | Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX | |
| News | ||
| Marcell Ozuna was released by the Pirates on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th | Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a home run in the Pirates 14-5 win over the Brewers on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th | Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a solo home run as the Pirates defeated the Athletics, 12-4, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th | 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 | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and also drew a walk in Friday's loss to the Phillies. David Leisering Sat, May 16th | 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 | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a single, and a walk on Friday as the Pirates dropped a 5-2 decision in San Francisco. David Leisering Sat, May 9th | 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 | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Marcell Ozuna DH - FA | Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (16-4) | #3 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (5-10) | #47 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (12-5) | #9 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (5-4) | #128 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ BAL | Zach Eflin (0-0) | ||||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (9-9) | #55 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CIN | Brady Singer (5-12) | #135 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (6-8) | #234 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (14-3) | #22 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (11-7) | #12 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SEA | George Kirby (9-10) | #23 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (9-9) | #15 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #16 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-8) | #110 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (5-5) | #131 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | ||||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-12) | #277 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (9-8) | #204 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #173 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (11-7) | #12 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ SEA | George Kirby (9-10) | #23 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (9-9) | #15 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6) | #123 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (13-5) | #29 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (6-9) | #122 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | ||||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-12) | #277 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (9-8) | #204 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-4) | #21 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (12-6) | #14 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-2) | #157 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #108 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ DET | Keider Montero (9-8) | #171 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ DET | Tyler Holton (1-5) | #92 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | @ NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-2) | #157 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ NYY | Will Warren (8-6) | #60 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ NYY | Paul Blackburn (6-2) | #161 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (4-2) | #219 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (5-5) | #138 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-6) | #187 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (8-4) | #104 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #177 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #134 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-7) | #215 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (5-6) | #182 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (8-7) | #172 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #433 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ COL | Sammy Peralta | #242 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (4-10) | #414 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (4-5) | #113 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (8-9) | #238 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (4-8) | #43 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (6-4) | #129 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #394 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | #193 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-7) | #215 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (4-3) | ||||
| Sat, May 30th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (6-7) | #102 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs KC | Michael Wacha (8-8) | #78 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (5-9) | #86 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ STL | Dustin May (6-8) | #46 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ STL | Andre Pallante (12-6) | #293 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (10-8) | #31 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (5-14) | #52 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (9-7) | #59 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (4-3) | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (6-7) | #102 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (8-8) | #78 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (16-4) | #28 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (5-3) | #25 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #224 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs MIN | Mike Paredes (0-3) | #386 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (8-8) | #115 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-8) | #69 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (10-6) | #232 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (8-6) | #197 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs SD | Wandy Peralta (2-2) | #188 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips (3-6) | #229 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (13-8) | #65 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ MIA | Eury Perez (7-10) | #49 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (7-11) | #27 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (9-5) | #8 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ TOR | Shane Bieber (5-2) | #147 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (10-8) | #31 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (5-14) | #52 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (9-7) | #59 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs DET | Framber Valdez (8-9) | #44 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #108 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs DET | Casey Mize (5-8) | #38 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (10-7) | #36 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (8-9) | #238 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (4-8) | #43 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs HOU | Hunter Brown (4-3) | #24 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (8-7) | #172 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs HOU | Cristian Javier (1-4) | #184 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (13-9) | #4 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ATL | Owen Murphy (0-1) | #298 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (9-5) | #205 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (6-8) | #267 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (3-9) | #373 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (9-6) | #185 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-8) | #42 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (9-9) | #15 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (11-7) | #12 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs SEA | George Kirby (9-10) | #23 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (6-9) | #85 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ TB | Casey Legumina (2-2) | #189 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (10-6) | #48 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (4-3) | #24 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ HOU | Ronel Blanco (0-1) | #160 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (8-7) | #172 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SF | Logan Webb (8-8) | #20 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs SF | Blade Tidwell (0-1) | #179 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs SF | Carson Whisenhunt (3-4) | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-14) | #66 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-12) | #50 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs BAL | Cade Povich (2-1) | #258 | |||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (4-8) | #43 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAA | Ryan Johnson (3-7) | #213 | |||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAA | George Klassen (2-2) | #245 | |||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (8-9) | #238 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (6-8) | #79 | |||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (9-8) | #204 | |||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #173 | |||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs WSH | Jackson Kent (1-2) | #186 | |||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (12-5) | #61 | |||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-6) | #139 | |||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (4-8) | #43 | |||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson (3-7) | #213 | |||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-4) | #111 | |||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ CWS | Jose Urquidy | #268 | |||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (9-6) | #185 | |||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (7-6) | #84 | |||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (9-2) | #32 | |||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ MIL | Shane Drohan (6-5) | #136 | |||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ MIL | Dustin May (6-8) | #46 | |||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs ATH | Gage Jump (6-8) | #79 | |||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (9-8) | #204 | |||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #173 | |||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TB | Nick Martinez (13-4) | #73 | |||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (14-5) | #13 | |||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (6-9) | #85 | |||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TB | Ian Seymour (9-5) | #71 | |||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SEA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ SEA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ ARI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ ARI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs BOS | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs BOS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs BOS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs TOR | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs NYM | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs NYM | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIN | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIN | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIN | |||||
