Who Should I Trade?

Michael Conforto for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	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	# 287	‐
VBR	# 1115	# 1232

Projections

Runs	14	5
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.226	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 247	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 367	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	‐

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


At Bats	144	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	35	‐

Singles	17	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.479	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	‐

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


At Bats	104	34

Runs	14	5

Hits	24	8

Singles	14	5

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	3

Strikeouts	31	9

Batting Average	.226	.243

On Base Pct	.317	.314

Slugging Pct	.392	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	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 Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Michael Conforto had three hits and a walk in four plate appearances on Thursday, lifting the Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the Reds. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
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 Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs CWS
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

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