Who Should I Trade?

Niko Kavadas for Tyler Austin (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1230

Projections

Runs	1	4
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.200	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


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Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	32

Runs	1	4

Hits	1	8

Singles	1	5

Doubles	0	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	3

Strikeouts	2	9

Batting Average	.200	.234

On Base Pct	.333	.308

Slugging Pct	.200	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.533	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	The Angels reassigned INF Niko Kavadas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 11th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#135	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#91	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#210	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Niko Kavadas for Tyler Austin (2026)

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