Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Yandy Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 42	# 94
VBR	# 35	# 329

Projections

Runs	31	19
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	30	18
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.293	.254

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	# 84

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 37	# 105

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	# 135

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 75	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 220

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 40	# 53

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	389	326

Runs	57	53

Hits	119	92

Singles	86	68

Doubles	18	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	14

RBI	61	60

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	35

Strikeouts	63	36

Batting Average	.306	.282

On Base Pct	.381	.358

Slugging Pct	.465	.445

On-base Plus Slugging	.846	.803

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	212	143

Runs	31	19

Hits	62	36

Singles	43	26

Doubles	11	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	30	18

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	17

Strikeouts	35	23

Batting Average	.293	.254

On Base Pct	.369	.343

Slugging Pct	.461	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA
News
	Yandy Diaz is not starting at first base on Thursday for the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yandy Diaz is making his first start at first base this season on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Yandy Diaz went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yandy Diaz 1B,DH - TB			Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Yandy Diaz (2026)

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