Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Liam Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	# 236
VBR	# 364	# 1169

Projections

Runs	14	5
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	14	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.256	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	# 267

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 195

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 378

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 152

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	365	312

Runs	55	40

Hits	104	66

Singles	78	42

Doubles	10	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	13

RBI	66	38

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	42	36

Strikeouts	39	114

Batting Average	.285	.212

On Base Pct	.367	.303

Slugging Pct	.441	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	39

Runs	14	5

Hits	28	9

Singles	20	5

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	14	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	17	12

Batting Average	.256	.225

On Base Pct	.346	.312

Slugging Pct	.383	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.731

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, two walks, one run scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 9-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB			Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#202
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#239	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#175	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Liam Hicks (2026)

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