Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	‐
VBR	# 90	# 1256

Projections

Runs	22	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	448	‐

Runs	52	‐

Hits	111	‐

Singles	75	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	63	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	68	‐

Strikeouts	117	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.358	‐

Slugging Pct	.395	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	13

Runs	22	2

Hits	38	3

Singles	22	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	42	3

Batting Average	.251	.207

On Base Pct	.346	.280

Slugging Pct	.453	.328

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Tyler Austin (2026)

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