Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Higashioka for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 244	# 345
VBR	# 338	# 1200

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 320

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 333

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	165

Runs	33	20

Hits	80	36

Singles	51	25

Doubles	17	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	7

RBI	43	18

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	19

Strikeouts	100	47

Batting Average	.246	.218

On Base Pct	.329	.307

Slugging Pct	.409	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	18

Runs	9	2

Hits	18	4

Singles	11	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	25	5

Batting Average	.230	.246

On Base Pct	.315	.300

Slugging Pct	.387	.441

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	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
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Higashioka for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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