Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Stephenson for William Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	# 211
VBR	# 81	# 321

Projections

Runs	14	9
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	14	10
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.273	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	# 207

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 65	# 171

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 55	# 218

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 335

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	473	330

Runs	65	33

Hits	127	81

Singles	92	52

Doubles	22	17

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	12

RBI	65	44

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	49	40

Strikeouts	72	102

Batting Average	.269	.246

On Base Pct	.338	.327

Slugging Pct	.395	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	97	74

Runs	14	9

Hits	27	17

Singles	18	11

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	14	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	9

Strikeouts	19	24

Batting Average	.273	.234

On Base Pct	.363	.319

Slugging Pct	.432	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
News
	William Contreras went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets with two doubles, two runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	William Contreras went 4-for-4 in a win over the Braves with one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	William Contreras went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	William Contreras went 1-for-3 in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Pirates with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
	William Contreras went 1-for-2 in a win over the Marlins with a walk-off, three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL			Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Stephenson for William Contreras (2026)

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