Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	‐
VBR	# 313	# 1316

Projections

Runs	17	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.257	.177

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	359	55

Runs	55	8

Hits	103	12

Singles	77	5

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	66	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	41	5

Strikeouts	39	17

Batting Average	.287	.218

On Base Pct	.367	.283

Slugging Pct	.446	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	126	6

Runs	17	1

Hits	32	1

Singles	24	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	20	2

Batting Average	.257	.177

On Base Pct	.347	.251

Slugging Pct	.380	.234

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.484

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
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 Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Ryan Ward (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation