Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Higashioka for William Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 43	# 345
VBR	# 106	# 1200

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.272	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 65	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 55	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 320

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 333

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	464	165

Runs	63	20

Hits	124	36

Singles	91	25

Doubles	20	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	7

RBI	65	18

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	48	19

Strikeouts	71	47

Batting Average	.267	.218

On Base Pct	.337	.307

Slugging Pct	.392	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	18

Runs	15	2

Hits	27	4

Singles	19	3

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	20	5

Batting Average	.272	.246

On Base Pct	.362	.300

Slugging Pct	.425	.441

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
News
	William Contreras went 4-for-4 in a win over the Braves with one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	William Contreras went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	William Contreras went 1-for-3 in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Pirates with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	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
	William Contreras went 1-for-2 in a win over the Marlins with a walk-off, three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	William Contreras is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL			Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Higashioka for William Contreras (2026)

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