Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Mike Trout (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 64	# 84
VBR	# 102	# 315

Projections

Runs	16	9
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	14	10
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.240	.253

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	# 225

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 53

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	413	406

Runs	73	62

Hits	100	117

Singles	60	86

Doubles	20	13

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	20	17

RBI	46	72

Stolen Bases	11	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	88	50

Strikeouts	129	44

Batting Average	.242	.288

On Base Pct	.383	.375

Slugging Pct	.436	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	.826

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	73

Runs	16	9

Hits	22	18

Singles	13	13

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	14	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	9

Strikeouts	32	12

Batting Average	.240	.253

On Base Pct	.372	.347

Slugging Pct	.453	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.826	.725

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
News
	Mike Trout went 2-for-4 in a 3-0 win over the Rangers with one double, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Liam Hicks went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 23rd
	Mike Trout went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 in an 8-4 win over the Athletics with a home run, a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th
	Mike Trout went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with two RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Rangers with a walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Mike Trout went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run and two walks. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Mike Trout (2026)

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