Who Should I Trade?

Matt Thaiss for Willie MacIver (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Willie MacIver C - SEA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Willie MacIver C - SEA
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Willie MacIver C - SEA
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU	Willie MacIver C - SEA
News
	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Mariners claimed C Willie MacIver off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays acquired Willie MacIver from the Rangers and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The Rangers designated C Willie MacIver for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	The Rangers have reassigned catcher Willie MacIver to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Thaiss C - HOU			Willie MacIver C - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA

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Matt Thaiss for Willie MacIver (2026)

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