Who Should I Trade?

Luke Maile for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Luke Maile C - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 338	# 1304

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	28

Runs	33	2

Hits	80	5

Singles	51	3

Doubles	17	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	43	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	1

Strikeouts	102	11

Batting Average	.243	.179

On Base Pct	.325	.207

Slugging Pct	.404	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.528

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	10

Runs	9	1

Hits	18	2

Singles	11	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	25	3

Batting Average	.230	.213

On Base Pct	.315	.296

Slugging Pct	.387	.298

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Luke Maile C - KC
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Luke Maile went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Royals selected the contract of Luke Maile. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	Veteran catcher Luke Maile may not attend Royals' spring training due to a personal issue. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	The Royals and catcher Luke Maile have reunited on a minor-league pact. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 5th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Luke Maile C - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Joe Musgrove	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Maile for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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