Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 55	# 1188

Projections

Runs	19	2
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.252	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	461	23

Runs	63	2

Hits	101	3

Singles	57	1

Doubles	20	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	2

RBI	71	5

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	58	1

Strikeouts	114	11

Batting Average	.219	.130

On Base Pct	.304	.167

Slugging Pct	.419	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	19

Runs	19	2

Hits	34	4

Singles	21	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	30	6

Batting Average	.252	.219

On Base Pct	.325	.267

Slugging Pct	.441	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.647

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Shay Whitcomb was claimed off waivers by the Giants on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#233	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (4-3)	#171	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#394
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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