Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Austin for Yanquiel Fernandez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1242	‐

Projections

Runs	3	2
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	4	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.243	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

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


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Home Runs	‐	‐

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Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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Batting Average	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

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


At Bats	26	13

Runs	3	2

Hits	6	3

Singles	4	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	4	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	7	4

Batting Average	.243	.200

On Base Pct	.315	.259

Slugging Pct	.438	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.619

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC	Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
News
	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Yankees reassigned OF Yanquiel Fernandez to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	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	Yanquiel Fernandez has been outrighted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and invited to New York Yankees’ major league spring training as a non-roster invitee. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
		The New York Yankees designated Yanquiel Fernandez for assignment on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 9th
		The Yankees claimed OF Yanquiel Fernandez off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
		Yanquiel Fernandez has been designated for assignment by the Colorado Rockies. The move frees up a spot on Colorado's 40-man roster. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC			Yanquiel Fernandez RF,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Austin for Yanquiel Fernandez (2026)

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