Who Should I Trade?

Michael Helman for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Michael Helman CF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	‐
VBR	# 534	# 1309

Projections

Runs	17	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.242	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 260	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	116	30

Runs	11	2

Hits	29	5

Singles	19	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	43	6

Batting Average	.250	.167

On Base Pct	.307	.235

Slugging Pct	.345	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.652	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	125	19

Runs	17	2

Hits	30	4

Singles	20	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	35	5

Batting Average	.242	.213

On Base Pct	.326	.276

Slugging Pct	.371	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.697	.602

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Michael Helman CF - TEX
News
	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Rangers transferred OF Michael Helman to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Michael Helman suffered multiple fractures in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 14th
	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Rangers recalled Michael Helman from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	The Rangers optioned outfielder Michael Helman to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th	Rangers outfielder Michael Helman will see time at shortstop in camp, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI			Michael Helman CF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#181	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#145
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#251
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#337
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Helman for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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