Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	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	# 268	‐
VBR	# 1262	# 1222

Projections

Runs	4	5
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	5	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.223	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 240	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 244	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	53	‐

Batting Average	.167	‐

On Base Pct	.259	‐

Slugging Pct	.292	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	32	32

Runs	4	5

Hits	7	8

Singles	4	5

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	5	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	3

Strikeouts	11	8

Batting Average	.223	.237

On Base Pct	.317	.307

Slugging Pct	.414	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	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
	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Wallner for Tyler Austin (2026)

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