Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 315	# 1219

Projections

Runs	19	4
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.257	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 220	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	322	‐

Runs	53	‐

Hits	92	‐

Singles	68	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	60	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.286	‐

On Base Pct	.362	‐

Slugging Pct	.450	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	31

Runs	19	4

Hits	37	8

Singles	27	5

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	3

Strikeouts	23	8

Batting Average	.257	.238

On Base Pct	.345	.306

Slugging Pct	.384	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with a double and one run scored in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Liam Hicks went 1-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
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 - MIA			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Tyler Austin (2026)

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