Who Should I Trade?

Luke Raley for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1257

Projections

Runs	5	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	5	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.227	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 250	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 238	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 332	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	262	‐

Runs	28	‐

Hits	59	‐

Singles	34	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	39	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Batting Average	.225	‐

On Base Pct	.284	‐

Slugging Pct	.439	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	33	12

Runs	5	2

Hits	8	3

Singles	5	2

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	5	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	12	3

Batting Average	.227	.233

On Base Pct	.320	.307

Slugging Pct	.409	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Luke Raley confirmed he will undergo undergo season-ending surgery to repair a serious tear in his left forearm. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Luke Raley is likely out for the season. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	The Mariners are placing Luke Raley on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Luke Raley is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Luke Raley remains out of the Mariners lineup on Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#282
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#268	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#238
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#272	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#272
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#370	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#203	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#394
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#322
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#241	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#183
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#314
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Raley for Tyler Austin (2026)

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