Who Should I Trade?

Tim Elko for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Tim Elko 1B - CWS	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	# 1300	# 1266

Projections

Runs	1	2
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.177	.203

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tim Elko 1B - CWS	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


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Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tim Elko 1B - CWS	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	14

Runs	1	2

Hits	1	3

Singles	1	2

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Batting Average	.177	.203

On Base Pct	.198	.273

Slugging Pct	.233	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.431	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tim Elko 1B - CWS	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	White Sox first baseman Tim Elko is beginning a minor league rehab assignment with High-A Winston-Salem on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tim Elko 1B - CWS			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Tim Elko for Tyler Austin (2026)

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