Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 86	# 144
VBR	# 350	# 149

Projections

Runs	12	17
Home Runs	3	6
RBI	12	19
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.253	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	# 158

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	# 130

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 115	# 174

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 276

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 114

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	426

Runs	59	53

Hits	110	97

Singles	81	57

Doubles	12	20

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	20

RBI	71	63

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	48	53

Strikeouts	43	149

Batting Average	.284	.228

On Base Pct	.373	.318

Slugging Pct	.444	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.817	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	126

Runs	12	17

Hits	23	29

Singles	17	17

Doubles	4	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	6

RBI	12	19

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	16

Strikeouts	15	40

Batting Average	.253	.230

On Base Pct	.346	.322

Slugging Pct	.380	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
News
	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	Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-4 in Friday's loss to the Giants with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	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	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Athletics with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's 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	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Liam Hicks remains a player to watch heading into the trade deadline on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
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			Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#250	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#390	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#225	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#200	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#158	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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