Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for William Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 41	# 84
VBR	# 81	# 346

Projections

Runs	14	9
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	14	9
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.273	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	# 71

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 65	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 55	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 225

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 53

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	477	409

Runs	65	62

Hits	127	118

Singles	92	87

Doubles	22	13

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	12	17

RBI	66	73

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	50	50

Strikeouts	74	45

Batting Average	.266	.289

On Base Pct	.337	.374

Slugging Pct	.392	.450

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.824

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	97	68

Runs	14	9

Hits	27	17

Singles	18	12

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	14	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	8

Strikeouts	19	11

Batting Average	.273	.255

On Base Pct	.363	.347

Slugging Pct	.432	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
News
	William Contreras went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets with two doubles, two runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	Liam Hicks went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 23rd
	William Contreras went 4-for-4 in a win over the Braves with one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	William Contreras went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	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
	William Contreras went 1-for-3 in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Pirates with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	The Rays activated Liam Hicks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	William Contreras went 1-for-2 in a win over the Marlins with a walk-off, three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Miami Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL			Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs DET	Ty Madden	#278
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#173
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for William Contreras (2026)

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