Who Should I Trade?

Vinnie Pasquantino for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	# 177
VBR	# 105	# 367

Projections

Runs	13	8
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	16	10
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.256	.261

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 134	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	# 120

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 134

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	# 68

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	322	249

Runs	40	28

Hits	79	66

Singles	54	46

Doubles	15	10

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	8	10

RBI	39	32

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	42	10

Strikeouts	60	42

Batting Average	.245	.265

On Base Pct	.332	.294

Slugging Pct	.379	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	70

Runs	13	8

Hits	27	18

Singles	16	13

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	16	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	3

Strikeouts	18	13

Batting Average	.256	.261

On Base Pct	.334	.296

Slugging Pct	.437	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.707

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
News
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 22nd	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-4 in a 9-7 win over the Athletics with a home run, three runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	The Royals activated 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Royals could activate Vinnie Pasquantino from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 in his first rehab game on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Vinnie Pasquantino for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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