Who Should I Trade?

Matt Thaiss for Tyler Heineman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Tyler Heineman C - LAA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 868

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.199

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Tyler Heineman C - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	177

Runs	‐	15

Hits	‐	31

Singles	‐	26

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	1

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	10

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	30

Batting Average	‐	.175

On Base Pct	‐	.223

Slugging Pct	‐	.220

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.444

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Tyler Heineman C - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	5

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Batting Average	‐	.199

On Base Pct	‐	.228

Slugging Pct	‐	.233

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.460

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Tyler Heineman C - LAA
News
	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Tyler Heineman reported to the Angels on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays traded Tyler Heineman to the Angels for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Tyler Heineman was designated for assignment by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st	Tyler Heineman is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
		Blue Jays manager John Schneider Tyler Heineman is increasing baseball activity. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU			Tyler Heineman C - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#225
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#225	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#274	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#167	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#173
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#139
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#139
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#203	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#203
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ WSH	Riley Cornelio (3-2)	#197
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH	Seth Johnson (1-0)	#283	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Thaiss for Tyler Heineman (2026)

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