Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	# 91
VBR	# 27	# 336

Projections

Runs	24	14
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	25	14
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.258	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 71

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	# 135

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 53

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	440	366

Runs	64	55

Hits	112	104

Singles	64	78

Doubles	23	10

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	25	15

RBI	86	66

Stolen Bases	12	3

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	52	43

Strikeouts	110	39

Batting Average	.255	.284

On Base Pct	.333	.368

Slugging Pct	.477	.440

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	109

Runs	24	14

Hits	42	28

Singles	25	20

Doubles	9	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	25	14

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	13

Strikeouts	38	17

Batting Average	.258	.256

On Base Pct	.333	.348

Slugging Pct	.463	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
News
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 in a 6-5 win over the Athletics with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in Sunday's10-2 win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in an 8-7 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Sal Stewart is not in the Reds lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Marlins are reportedly open to trading Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#236	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#352	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs DET	Ty Madden	#269
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#391	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#192	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Sal Stewart (2026)

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