Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	# 331
VBR	# 364	# 1337

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.256	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 412

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	365	78

Runs	55	5

Hits	104	11

Singles	78	9

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	1

RBI	66	6

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	42	10

Strikeouts	39	18

Batting Average	.285	.141

On Base Pct	.367	.236

Slugging Pct	.441	.192

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.428

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	6

Runs	14	1

Hits	28	1

Singles	20	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Batting Average	.256	.174

On Base Pct	.346	.249

Slugging Pct	.383	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.545

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
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	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB			Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#276	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#239	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#175	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Pavin Smith (2026)

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