Who Should I Trade?

Paul Goldschmidt for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	‐
VBR	# 322	# 1238

Projections

Runs	18	4
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	18	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 121	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	271	‐

Runs	36	‐

Hits	70	‐

Singles	43	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	43	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	21	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.480	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	31

Runs	18	4

Hits	33	7

Singles	22	5

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	18	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	33	8

Batting Average	.251	.238

On Base Pct	.319	.307

Slugging Pct	.420	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.739	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Goldschmidt for Tyler Austin (2026)

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